“How odd that girl's life looks Behind this soft eclipse! I think that earth seems so To those in heaven now. This being comfort, then That other kind was pain; But why compare? I'm wife! stop there!” ThinkingLifeLooksKindSeemsEarthPainGirlHeavenBehindsKindnessWifeComfortCompareOddEclipseThat Girl Book:Poems (EasyRead Comfort Edition) Source: Poems (EasyRead Comfort Edition)
“At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives only for him, her thoughts are full of his future, he must have a great career, she bids him make it glorious; she can obey, entreat, command, humble herself, or rise in pride; times without number she brings comfort when a young girl can only make moan.” LoveGivingYearsYoungGirlAsksWomenNumbersCareersPrideLoversComfortSakeHumbleCommandEsteemMaturityThirtyGloriousThirty Years Author:Honore de Balzac
“For boys, the family was the place from which one sprang and to which one returned for comfort and support, but the field of action was the larger world of wilderness, adventure, industry, labor, and politics. For girls, the family was to be the world, their field of action the domestic circle. He was to express himself in his work and, through it and social action, was to help transform his environment; her individual growth and choices were restricted to lead her to express herself through love, wifehood, and motherhood--through the support and nurture of others, who would act for her.” WorldHelpingActionChoicesGirlIndividualSocialGrowthBoysSupportEnvironmentFieldsAdventureIndustryComfortLaborMotherhoodCirclesWildernessNurtureSocial Action Author:Gerda Lerner
“Girls study under the paralyzing idea that their acquirements cannot be brought into practical use. They may subserve the purposes of promoting individual domestic pleasure and social enjoyment in conversation, but what are they in comparison with the grand stimulation of independence and self- reliance, of the capability of contributing to the comfort and happiness of those whom they love as their own souls?” MayIdeasSoulSelfUsePurposeGirlIndividualSocialPleasureStudyComfortConversationAchievementIndependencePracticalsEnjoymentComparisonCapabilitySelf RelianceReliancePromotingContributingStimulationComfort And Happiness Author:Sarah Moore Grimke
“I'm not one of those stars that goes out and literally dresses to be photographed. I'm kind of a 'what you see is what you get' type of girl when I dress. I go for comfort above everything else.” KindGirlStarsTypeComfortDressesType Of Girl Author:Anne Hathaway