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But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

Even when the writing seems very frivolous, I'm puritanical. I don't mean my subject matter. It's that I'm almost pathologically incapable of leaving something when I'm not quite happy with it.

I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one.

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.

I'm cursed with this puritanical streak that makes me want everything to be about something. It's a terrible affliction.

American society is still puritanical.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want to go back to Puritan times. I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times.