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“A white woman has only one handicap to overcome - that of sex. I have two - both sex and race. ... Colored men have only one - that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex.”

Men Wells Two Country Sex Black White Race Groups Overcoming Heavy Black Women Handicaps

Author:Mary Church Terrell

“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

“Sex is logically impossible after marriage. You have to overcome the paradox of Not this again, and Hey, where did you learn that?”

Sex Impossible Overcoming Hey Paradox

Author:Emo Philips

“There's nothing inherently dirty about sex, but if you try real hard and use your imagination you can overcome that.”

Ifs Love Life Trying Real Hard Use Funny Romance Sex Imagination Humorous Overcoming Dirty Love Life

Book:Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes

Source: Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes

“A Life in Men is a joyful, ambitious novel that is also an adventure traversing three continents, as well as a meditation on love, sex, and, most important, friendship, which can overcome time, distance, and even death.”

Men Wells Important Three Sex Novel Meditation Adventure Overcoming Distance Ambitious Joyful Continents

Author:Bonnie Jo Campbell