Fleishman Is in Trouble Quotes by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

He would always commend her for teaching him a skill that no one had taught him throughout all his years of med school, and she would respond, “That’s because they don’t want you to get ahead.” When she said that, he’d realize she wasn’t trying to make him a better person; she was trying to get him to advance.

For our wagelessness and our dependence have kept men tied to their jobs, by ensuring that whenever they wanted to refuse their work they would be faced with the wife and children who depended on their wage.

The trouble was, I hated the idea of serving men in any way. I wanted to dictate my own thrilling letters.

but then her little girl came along, and her little girl’s daddy left, and before you knew it . . . she was one of them. The needy.