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“One doesn't love in order to do what is good or to help or to protect someone. If we act that way, we are perceiving the other as a simple object.”

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Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, is a renowned Brazilian author and lyricist. His works are characterized by profound philosophical thoughts and rich imagination, with his most famous novel being 'The Alchemist'. more

“Can't you clerk in a store?' 'No.' 'Can't you be a waitress?' 'Would you be anything like you're suggesting to me? Then why, if you're too good, is it all right for me?' 'It's not a question of superiority, Dora. Come on, be a telephone operator and get paid while you work. Or how about ushering in a theater? I have it. You'll get a job in a flower shop. They always do.' He looked at her so sharply that she knew she must make some answer, and she began to speak as if her words came from another mind, another mouth. 'I am beyond this plane of animal existence. I'm made of different stuff. I lived all this ages ago and I'm through with it for good.”

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Author:Margery Latimer

“For four years we spied and we worked damn hard and we saved people's lives and we made a difference and nobody cared too much that we were women. And then it all ended. Went backward, even.”

Women S Roles

Book:The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre

Source: The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre

“The true marvel of technology lies not in its complexity but in its ability to simplify the complex.”

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Author:Aloo Denish Obiero

“By the time the Victorian era began in 1837, women enjoying almost anything at all was associated with sinfulness. They were seen as the weaker sex who were more prey to temptation, so it was better for everyone involved if they just stayed at home. Maybe even closed inside a stockings drawer or hatbox. Just in case.”

Victorian Era Women S Roles

Book:Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

Source: Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

“No one suspects American women of anything but needlepoint. Men so seldom imagine us capable of the things we're capable of.”

Capability Women S Strength Women S Roles Female Spies Women S Ability

Book:The Postmistress of Paris

Source: The Postmistress of Paris

“Her mother chose to martyr herself to some domestic goddess routine that everybody else in the world had wised up to long ago.”

Women S Roles

Book:A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl

Source: A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl

“She gives me meals that stick to my ribs. She don't forget to put salt in the porridge. She never slams doors, and when she has nothing to say, she don't talk. That's uncanny in a woman, you know, Mister.”

Funny Relationships Women S Roles

Book:The Blue Castle

Source: The Blue Castle

“Now go. An actor should know when to leave the stage, a poet when the lay is finished, and a bard when it is time to put aside the lute.”

Endings Knowing When The Time Is Right Knowing When To Let Go

Book:Honored Enemy

Source: Honored Enemy

“From our birth we are all dying, but some of us finish sooner than others.”

Death And Dying Timing Knowing When To Let Go

Book:Honored Enemy

Source: Honored Enemy

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