“But what's the use of arguing with a man? You belong, Mr. Smith, to a sex devoid of a sense of logic. To bring a man into line, there are just two methods: one must either coax or be disagreeable. I scorn to coax men for what I wish. Therefore, I must be disagreeable.” MenHumor Book:Daddy-Long-Legs Source: Daddy-Long-Legs
“One can't help thinking, Daddy, what a colourless life a man is forced to lead, when one reflects that chiffon and Venetian point and hand embroidery and Irish crochet are to him mere empty words. Whereas a woman- whether she is interested in babies or microbes or husbands or poetry or servants or parallelograms or gardens or Plato or bridge- is fundamentally and always interested in clothes.” ThinkingMenHelpingHandsBabyHusbandClothesGardenEmptyMereBridgesServantPlatoDaddyMicrobesEmbroideryEmpty WordsParallelogram Book:Daddy-Long-Legs Source: Daddy-Long-Legs
“The more I study men, the more I realize that they are nothing in the world but boys grown too big to be spankable.” MenWorldBigsRealizingBoysStudy Book:Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated Source: Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated
“It seems to me that a man who can think straight along for forty-seven years without changing a single idea ought to be kept in a cabinet as a curiosity.” ThinkingMenYearsIdeasSeemsOughtSevenCuriosityFortySeven YearsCabinets Book:Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated Source: Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated
