“Raising a daughter is an extremely political act in this culture. Mothers have been placed in a no-win situation with their daught ers: if they teach their daughters simply how to get along in a world that has been shaped by men and male desires, then they betray their daughters' potential But, if they do not, they leave their daughters adrift in a hostile world without survival strategies.” IfsMenWorldHas BeensPoliticalMotherDesireCultureWinningSituationTeachSurvivalDaughterStrategyMalesBetrayHostileMother DaughterAdrift Author:Elizabeth Debold
“A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you are not yourself. Anger is that powerful internal force that blows out the light of reason. Know this to be the enemy: it is anger, born of desire.” KnowsMenSelfReasonFeelingsLightDesireForceBornPowerfulEnemyAngerBlowSuperiorsHeatInternalsBetraySelf ControlInferiorsUncontrollable Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary And pitch our evils there?” MayEnoughDesireEvilWasteBetrayModestySanctuaryLightness Book:Measure for Measure Source: Measure for Measure
“Ye youths and virgins, when your generous blood Has drunk the warmth of fifteen summers, now The loves invite; now to new rapture wakes The finish'd sense: while stung with keen desire The madd'ning boy his bashful fetters bursts; And, urg'd with secret flames, the riper maid, Conscious and shy, betrays her smarting breast.” DesireSecretBoysBloodYouthSummerConsciousDrunkFlamesGenerousBreastsShyWarmthInvitesBetrayFifteenVirginsMaidsRaptureFettersBashful Author:John Armstrong
“We [people] are made separate by the things we do or do not do. Responsibilities of all types curb us. Desire betrays us. No wound is ever truly petty. And there are so many ways to be locked apart from the rest of the world.” PeopleWorldWayMadeDesireResponsibilityTypeWoundsBetrayLockedPettyCurb Author:Jill Alexander Essbaum