May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman.
A man who respects his wife, does not sleep with other women. And a woman who respects herself does not allow her husband to get away with it
I wrapped the unyielding woman I loved in my arms & kissed her slowly, hoping that some part of her would sense my absolute devotion." #Ren
There’s no better way for a woman to punish a man than to make him sleep away from her.
What a queer topsy turvy world it was. It used to be the man who went to the wars, the woman who stayed at home. But here the positions were reversed.
I'm not married," he said softly, "because I can't stomach the idea of marrying a woman inferior to me in mind and spirit. It would mean the death of my soul.
She had been a solitary child, and then solitary as a woman, drawn into an orbit of her own that took her away from others, even those who would be her friends.
In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman's balcony, watching as she waltzed alone, lost in her dreams. But he knew her thoughts weren't of him.
...she was probably having a few murderous thoughts of her own about any woman that touched him. Good, they were making progress.
And finally, she saw him smile. It chased the shadows from his face and made him a boy again. It was a smile that a woman could grow to yearn for.
She would never truly be her own woman if she allowed fear and old memories to dictate where she would or would not go.
The greatest disaster of self; comes not with experience of failure, but the fear gained belief; about what you think you cannot achieve
Nature, take my breath with you; renew it with the wild breeze and fill my being up with so much soul, ego learns to fade away.
I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.
A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." I really hate this expression. I bet fish would totally want bicycles.
Both men had made her feel as if she were the one who was at fault, a typically masculine reaction to a woman who was able to act independently of them.
I have also fantasised myself to be his female slave, but this does not suffice, for after all every woman can be the slave of her husband.
She expressed an opinion that the happiness of a woman in Paradise is beneath the soles of her husband's feet,' he enlightened humorously, seemingly not at all averse to her obvious desire to be comforted.
Through experience, he had learnt to pick up all of the unmistakable signs of vulnerability in a woman, everything that pointed to her being an easy prey.
How to get and keep men interested in you (A Guide for the Modern Woman): Put them in the “friend” or “fuck” zone. Leave them there.
You're only a man! You've not our gifts! I can tell you! Why, a woman can think of a hundred different things at once, all them contradictory!
