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Quote by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“In a sick society, women who have difficulty fitting in are not ill but demonstrating a healthy and positive response.”

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American novelist, social reformer, and feminist. Her works explored the status of women in society, family, and career, and had a profound impact on women's literature and social movements. more

“Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over? Because, if it is to spite her, I should think - but you know best - that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I should think - but you know best - she was not worth gaining over.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Should Done Might Gains Caring Gentleman Spite

Book:Great Expectations

Source: Great Expectations

“Life makes fools of all of us sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to take your humiliations with some measure of grace. In the end, you know, its our own expectations that crush us.”

Knows Ends Able Grace Fool Expectations Crush Sense Of Humor Sooner Or Later Humiliation

Author:Paul Murray

“Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.”

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Author:Erica Jong

“Let others wage war. You, lucky Austria, shall marry.”

War Lucky Austria

Book:Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath

Source: Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath

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