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I Stand Here Ironing
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Tillie Olsen
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I Stand Here Ironing Quotes
Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from I Stand Here Ironing.
Language and Communication Quotes
"I wish you would manage the time to come in and talk with me about your daughter" (1).
Women and Femininity Quotes
I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron. (1)
Poverty Quotes
[...] I worked or looked for work and for Emily's father, who "could no longer endure" (he wrote in his good-bye note) "sharing want with us." (8)
Power Quotes
"She's a youngster who needs help and whom I'm deeply interested in helping." (2)
