# Quote — Joanna Russ, The Female Man

> “Well, hell,” said Jael more genuinely, “the war. If there isn’t one, there just was one, and if there wasn’t one, there soon will be one. Eh? The war between Us and Them.

- Author: [Joanna Russ](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ.md)
- Book: [The Female Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man.md)
- Page: 163
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joanna_Russ#The_Female_Man_(1975)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/well-hell-said

## More from this book

> As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.
>
> But the frogs die in earnest.

p. 196 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/as-my-mother.md)

> Remember: I didn’t and don’t want to be a “feminine” version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, or an adapted version of the heroes I admire. I want to be the heroes themselves.
>
> What future is there for a female child who aspires to being Humphrey Bogart?

p. 206 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/remember-i-didnt.md)

> Remember, I don’t threaten. I don’t play. I always carry firearms. The truly violent are never without them.

p. 181 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/remember-i-dont.md)