“The world consisted of predators and prey. You were either hunting or running.” Quote by Charlene Weir
“Girls are taught to seem, to appear - not to be and do.” SeemsGirlTaughtWomens Rights Author:Abby May Alcott
“Some flowers give out little or no odour until crushed.” GivingLittlesTroubleFlowerSorrowCrushed Author:Abby May Alcott
“Wherever I am, I see the yoke on women in some form or another. On some it sits easy for they are but beasts of burden. On others pride hushes them to silence; no complaint is made for they scorn pity or sympathy. On some it galls and chafes; they feel assured by every instinct of their nature that they were designed for a higher, nobler calling than to 'drag life's lengthening chain along.” FeelsMadeFormEasySilencePrideHigherCallingInstinctBurdenPityChainsBeastDragWomens RightsComplaintsAssuredScornYokeBeast Of Burden Author:Abby May Alcott
“[On her recently widowed father's much younger wife:] My father has been very busy in conjugating the verb to love, and I assure you he declines its moods and tenses inimitably.” Has BeensFatherWifeBusyMoodDeclineVerbsWidowed Author:Abby May Alcott
“Doing the impossible is the history of this nation. It is how this country was built” CountryNationsImpossibleBuilt Author:Michelle Obama
“All men are alike. If you ask any American man, 'How are you?' he'll answer 'Fine,' even if his mother just had a heart attack.” IfsMenHeartMotherAsksAnswersFineHeart Attack Author:Joan Hackett
“I don't know about being a Catholic anymore, though I had a great romance with the Church. But its male hierarchy causes me pain and distress. So I can't really pay too much attention. When that encyclical from the Pope - the one about contraception - began 'Dear Sons and Brothers' I figured it must be private mail and had nothing to do with me. So I didn't read it.” KnowsI CanPainRomanceReligionCausesChurchPayAttentionToo MuchSonBrotherCatholicMalesDearMailDistressPopeHierarchyContraceptionGreat Romance Author:Joan Hackett
“until ... the promiscuous woman is recognized, not only in law but in public opinion, as being neither better nor worse than the promiscuous man, equality has not been won in the moral sphere.” MenLawMoralOpinionEqualitySpheresPublic OpinionIn-lawsPromiscuous Author:Alison Roberta Noble Neilans
“Where there is no freedom there can be no morality.” FreedomMorality Author:Alison Roberta Noble Neilans