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Quote by Iris Murdoch

“I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.”

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Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch was an Irish-Canadian philosopher and author, born on July 15, 1919, in Dublin, Ireland, and passed away on February 8, 1999. She is celebrated for her philosophical novels that intertwine moral and ethical dilemmas with complex narratives. Murdoch's work has left a lasting impact on the literary world, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century. more

“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women: they do not read them in a true light: they misapprehend them, both for good and evil: their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend.”

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Book:Shirley

Source: Shirley

“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat, or a prostitute.”

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Book:The Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917

Source: The Young Rebecca: Writings, 1911-1917

“You will manage to keep a woman in love with you, only for as long as you can keep her in love with the person she becomes when she is with you.”

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Author:C. JoyBell C.

“I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior [to men] and always have been.”