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"The Welcome Wagon lady, sixty if she was a day but working at youth and vivacity (ginger hair, red lips, a sunshine yellow dress), twinkled her eyes and teeth at Joanna."

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"Joanna [said], and watched Carol go - profile of too-big bosom - into her kitchen and close the door. She reappeared almost instantly at the over-the-sink window, adjusting the water lever, taking hold of something and scrubbing it. Her red hair was neat and gleaming; her thin-nosed face looked thoughtful (and, damn it all, intelligent); her purple breasts bobbed with her scrubbing."

"Who could blame Ted for taking advantage of such an asking-to-be-exploited patsy? She [Joanna] could blame him, that's who."

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"Doesn't it bother you that the central organization here in Stepford, the only organization that does anything significant as far as community projects are concerned, is off limits to women? Doesn't that seem a little archaic to you?"

"No, it doesn't seem archaic to me. Ted's better equipped for that sort of thing than I am and men need a place where they can relax and have a drink or two."

"Don't women?"

"No, not as much."

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"Joanna looked after her, and into the cart of another woman going slowly past her. My god, she thought, they even fill their carts neatly! She looked into her own: a jumble of boxes and cans and jars. A guity impulse to put it in order prodded her."

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"Give me fifteen minutes and I'll even be an intelligent, beautiful waitress; how's that for cooperation?"

"Fantastic. Unbelievable."

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"That's what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That's what they all were, all the stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents, and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing suburban housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real."

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"How could you stand there talking to Don while three women are sitting like stones on the sofa?"

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"Ed's a pretty wonderful guy, and I've been lazy and selfish. I'm through playing tennis, and I'm through reading those astrology books. From now on I'm going to do right by Ed, and by Merril too."

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"I've changed. I realized I was being awfully sloppy and self-indulgent. It's no disgrace to be a goof homemaker. I've decided to do my job conscientiously, the way Dave does his, and to be more careful about my appearance."

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"They changed for exactly the reasons they told you: because they realized they'd been lazy and negligent. If Bobbie's taking an interest in her appearance, it's about time. It wouldn't hurt you to look in a mirror once in awhile."

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"She doesn't shout any more, she makes hot breakfasts... I hope it lasts."

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"I'm here at my husbands suggestion"

"He feels I'm being irrational"

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"You have a lovely wife. Pretty, helpful, submissive to her lord and master; you're a lucky man."

"I know."

"This town is full of lucky men."

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"Housework's enough for me. I used to feel I had to have other interests, but I'm much more at ease with myself now. I'm much happier too, and so is my family. That's what counts, isn't it?