«Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.»

Ellen Goodman *

* (Newton, Massachusetts, U. S. 11-Apr-1941)
Journalist who wrote about issues that spanned the range from personal to political, she won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary, in 1980. She is noted for being one of the first women in the United States to discuss women's rights openly.