“Women may be bad, but they are not so bad as men in these things!”
Source: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“X was not a willing housewife. X remained unmoved by squalling infants, would not wear skirts that swaddled the stride, had no desire to be pursued by the hot breath of young men, failed to enjoy domestic chores, and possessed none of the decorous modesty of maidenhood.”
Source: After Sappho
“What about you, Beans?” Ambrose asked with a smirk.
“Me? Oh, I know all about the pleasure of a woman's body,” Beans continued on in accented English, his eyebrows waggling.
“The army, Beans. The army. What about it?”
“Sure. Hell, yeah. Whatever.”
Source: Making Faces
“The Northern women who worked for abolition were generally not free of racial prejudice - many female abolition societies refused to allow black members.”
Source: America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
“When we stop fighting against death, we are able to wake up to our lives.”
Source: Letters to Sam: A Grandfather's Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life
“When a man loves a woman, he will not listen to the lies and justifications of any action but his own heart”
Source: Saga Moon Poem
“It's always the cases, isn't it? Men are pretty much the same the world around, regardless of their race, " Vanessa said exasperated. "They always assume they have the complete, undivided attention of whatever female creature happens to be in the room.”
Source: Part of Your World
“Thank you, women, of the world, for being mothers of NATIONS. The power is in our hands. Stand Up and be Counted! Ladies, Be Fearless! Never quit! Continue to Make History!”
“..women are more complicated when it comes to their affections: They rarely love simply for what it is-- but for what it might be, and more importantly, how it might affect them. This is why a woman will endure a great deal of abuse in love-- as long as she believes there is something to be gained. But when a woman sees that a man can no longer help her, when his actions become detrimental to her lifestyle, she can fall out of love as suddenly and as firmly as an apple falling from a tree. There is no putting the apple back on the tree, just as there is no going back in love. Her heart closes against the man as resolutely as if he had never existed.”
Source: Trading Up
“Women are holding up the world, we don't have time for monkey business!”
Source: The Island of Missing Trees