The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

- Tillie Olsen

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

- Tillie Olsen

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

- Tillie Olsen

I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who creates.

- Tillie Olsen

Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.

- Tillie Olsen

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.

- Tillie Olsen