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“Since she's discovered men would rather drown than nibble, she does just fine.”

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Book:On the Bus With Rosa Parks

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On the Bus With Rosa Parks

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Rita Dove

Rita Dove is an American poet born on August 28, 1952. Her works are known for their profound social insight and emotional expression, having won numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. more

“...he was past youth, but had not reached middle-age; perhaps he might be thirty-five. I felt no fear of him, and but little shyness. Had he been a handsome, heroic-looking young gentleman, I should not have dared to stand thus questioning him against his will, and offering my services unasked. I had hardly ever seen a handsome youth; never in my life spoken to one. I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination; but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape, I should have known instinctively that they neither had nor could have sympathy with anything in me, and should have shunned them as one would fire, lightning, or anything else that is bright but antipathetic.”

Men Beauty Rochester

Book:Jane Eyre

Source: Jane Eyre

“All men are brothers in the night.”

Men Night Brothers All

Book:The Desert Spear

Source: The Desert Spear

“[Men] are incomprehensible animals... They walk about boasting of their wisdom, strength, and sovereignty, while they have not sense so much as to swallow an apple with the aid of an Eve to put it down their throats.”

Men Women

Author:Frances Wright

“You obey orders, because if you do not, you cannot expect the same from your men. You are part of the wolf, not the whole wolf. I would have thought you had learned that when you were a boy, but it is not the case. A wolf cannot have more than one head, General, or it tears itself apart.”

Men Tears Wolf Head Expect Same Obey General Case Part Apart Orders

Book:Khan: Empire of Silver

Source: Khan: Empire of Silver

“Men take my picture and sometimes give me money. They ask me to take off my clothes and then they take my picture. They call it art. They call it nude.”

Men Picture Nude

Book:The Other Side: A Memoir

Source: The Other Side: A Memoir

“I don't think you can judge every man by one or two who let you down”

Men Love Relationships

Book:Kyland

Source: Kyland

“I have no idea,' he said, and that's another thing I'll put in my arsonist's guide: be wary of a man who says, 'I have no idea,' when asked why his wife doesn't like something he's done, which of course is just another way of saying be wary of men in general.”

Men Marriage No Idea Wives Wary Sam Pulsifer Arsonist S Guide

Book:An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

Source: An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

“the very thought of you has my legs spread apart like an easel with a canvas begging for art”

Love

Book:Milk and honey

Source: Milk and honey

“I'm doing what I've always done. Loving you and hoping you'll be brave enough to love me back.”

Love Romance

Book:Leave Me Breathless

Source: Leave Me Breathless

“Our political vagueness divides men, it does not fuse them.”

Men Politics

Book:What's Wrong with the World

Source: What's Wrong with the World

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