I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. Woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chock full of power. They descended, and then they disappeared. You could never catch one.
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I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. Woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chock full of power. They descended, and then they disappeared. You could never catch one.
A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.
I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.
Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.
When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal.
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.
How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses.
I failed to communicate, that's why I chose to leave
Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.
Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!
I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
The only way a woman can ever reform a man is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.
Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored.
I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.
when you stumble, keep faith. And when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.
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