“Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive.” PeopleIfsBornHusbandBehaviorBlameRaisedTreatedLive LifeFancyApologyUnattractiveBorn And RaisedEarn Respect Author:Germaine Greer
“I fancy that England is not the only place where married folks disagree, and where there are bad husbands. If one does not care to meet with such cases, one must quit this world. Those wishing to enter the marriage state had better not come to me for advice, for I disapprove of it altogether.” IfsWorldDoeStatesCareWishMarriageCasesAdviceThis WorldHusbandMarriedEnglandFolksQuittingFancyDisagreeBad Husband Author:Elisabeth Charlotte d'Orleans
“What's wrong with lust? You fancy your neighbor's husband so what are you supposed to do? Poke your eyes out so that you can't see him anymore? Acting on it is maybe a sin ... but my God, just lusting after someone? Is that so bad?” EyeSinActingHusbandNeighborLustFancyPoke Author:Emma Goldman
“Husband and I are preparing ourselves for the new Doctor by watching - well, mainly rewatching - Mr. Capaldi’s back catalogue, we’ve just finished The Crow Road in which he is utterly drop-dead gorgeous and actually I’d better stop there as husband is probably reading this so just let me point out that of course I’m only excited about upcoming Doctor Who because of the stories and it’s definitely not because I fancy the new Doctor.” WellsStoriesCoursesReadingHusbandDoctorsLet MeExcitedFinishedFancyPreparingGorgeousDoctor WhoCrowCataloguesDrop Dead Gorgeous Author:Jacqueline Rayner
“Let still woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart, For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner to be lost and warn, Than women's are.” HeartStillsLostLevelsBoysHusbandPraiseLongingFancyEldersGiddyWaveringTwelfth Night Important Author:William Shakespeare
“Katherine of Aragon was speaking out for the women of the country, for the good wives who should not be put aside just because their husbands had taken a fancy to another, for the women who walked the hard road between kitchen, bedroom, church and childbirth. For the women who deserved more than their husband's whim.” ShouldCountryHardChurchTakenWifeHusbandKitchenFancyBedroomChildbirthWhimSpeaking OutGood Wife Book:The Other Boleyn Girl: A Novel Source: The Other Boleyn Girl: A Novel