Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
~ Naomi Wolf - [Pain]

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
~ Naomi Wolf - [Beauty]

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.
~ Naomi Wolf - [Diets and Dieting]

Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.
~ Naomi Wolf - [Cosmetics]