“I would confide to you perhaps my secret profession of faith - which is ... which is ... that let us say and do what we please and can ... there is a natural inferiority of mind in women - of the intellect ... not by any means, of the moral nature - and that the history of Art and of genius testifies to this fact openly.” MindMeanArtFactsNaturalSecretMoralGeniusPleaseIntellectProfessionInferiority Book:The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846 Source: The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1845-1846
“The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.” IfsMenIdeasYoungGirlStrongSimpleSecretMarriagePossibilityAimMereProfessionPursuitReasonableInferiorityLikelihood Author:William Bolitho
“Like the characters in Chekhov, they have no reserves -– you learn the most intimate secrets. You get an impression of a world peopled by eccentrics, of odd professions, almost incredible stupidities, and, to balance them, amazing endurances.” WorldCharacterSecretBalanceIncrediblesStupidityProfessionImpressionOddIntimateReservesChekhov Book:Another Mexico Source: Another Mexico