2023-03-31
" Barbara [Stanwyck] was the first woman I ever loved. "
― Robert J. Wagner
1 " Maybe that was the root of my dislike for her: she had what I wanted, which earned her my jealousy, and since I was ashamed of myself for wanting it, my scorn, as well. "
― Nenia Campbell , Bleeds My Desire (Blood Bonds, #1)
2 " It comes down to this. Some one must wash the dishes. Now, would you expect man, man made in the image of God, to roll up his sleeves and wash the dishes? Why, it would be blasphemy. I know that I am but a rib and so I wash the dishes. "
― M
3 " The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women. "
― Ursula K. Le Guin
4 " I told Mama and Savannah about Ruben's proposal. That got us to talking about marriage and we laughed and cried some, and missed Papa, and it felt good to belong to each other. I don't feel as lonely today as I have in months. At least I know there are other women around me. "
― N
5 " In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world. "
― Nicholas D. Kristof , Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
6 " Only a woman can make you feel wrong for doing something right. "
― Chris Rock
7 " No: I shall not marry Samuel Fawthrop Wynne." " I ask why? I must have a reason. In all respects he is more than worthy of you." She stood on the hearth; she was pale as the white marble slab and cornice behind her; her eyes flashed large, dilated, unsm "
― C
8 " Sybil’s female forebears had valiantly backed up their husbands as distant embassies were besieged, had given birth on a camel or in the shade of a stricken elephant, had handed around the little gold chocolates while trolls were trying to break into the compound, or had merely stayed at home and nursed such bits of husbands and sons as made it back from endless little wars. The result was a species of woman who, when duty called, turned into solid steel. "
― Terry Pratchett , Thud! (Discworld, #34; City Watch #7)
9 " Women who disapprove of men - and there's plenty to disapprove of - should remember how we started out, and how far we had to travel. "
― Nick Hornby , High Fidelity
10 " A check girl in peach-bloom Chinese pajamas came over to take my hat and disapprove of my clothes. She had eyes like strange sins. "
― Raymond Chandler , The High Window
