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“I have great admiration for power, a great terror of weakness, especially in my own sex, yet feel that my love is for those who overcome the mental and moral suffering and temptation through excess of tenderness rather than through excess of strength.”

Feels Suffering Sex My Own Love Is Moral Weakness Overcoming Terror Temptation Admiration Excess Tenderness

Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

“It has been a long time since I believed in Reality. I prefer the loveliness and the terror of my subjective experiences to those coldly scientific explanations which in the long run turn out to be no more real, and far less fun, than my own fantasies and musings.”

Long Has Beens Real Reality Running Turns Fun My Own Fantasy Long Time Terror Explanation Long Runs Subjective Loveliness Musings

Book:Even a Stone Can be a Teacher: Learning and Growing from the Experiences of Everyday Life

Source: Even a Stone Can be a Teacher: Learning and Growing from the Experiences of Everyday Life

“My own feminist revolution evolved slowly, and traveled the world with me. To this day I have no idea what dissident professor or librarian placed feminist tests on the bookshelves at the university library in Jeddah, but I found them there. They filled me with terror. I understood they were pulling at a thread that would unravel everything. Now that I am older, I can see that feeling terrified is how you recognize what you need. Terror encourages you to jump, even when you don't know if you will ever land.”