Gynecology Quotes

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Daria Snadowsky
“I realize that I’m far less familiar with my own privates than with Guy’s, and I’ve seen his only twice! I guess that’s to be expected, since girls can’t really look at ourselves without a reflection, whereas nothing’s hidden with boys. It seems unfair, but there’s also something neat about it being shrouded in secrecy.”
Daria Snadowsky, Anatomy of a Single Girl

Jürgen Thorwald
“Dwustu lat (1616-1835) potrzebowali katoliccy teolodzy, aby uznać udowodnioną tezę Kopernika o tym, że Ziemia krąży wokół Słońca. Za to nieudowodnionemu twierdzeniu o bezpłodnych dniach kobiety przyklasnęli pośpiesznie, pięćdziesiąt lat wcześniej, zanim okazało się, że dni bezpłodne wprawdzie istnieją, ale znacząco różnią się od tych wskazanych przez Poucheta i Lecomte'a, i że fatalną pomyłką było biologiczne porównanie kobiety z suczką.”
Jürgen Thorwald, Ginekolodzy

Emil M. Cioran
“Filming a scene, there are countless takes of the same incident. Someone watching in the street - obviously a provincial - can't get over it: 'After this, I'll never go to the movies again.'
One might react similarly with regard to anything whose underside one has seen, whose secret has been seized. Yet, by an obnubilation which has something of the miraculous about it, there are gynecologists who are attracted to their patients, gravediggers who father children, incurables who lay plans, skeptics who write . . .”
Emil M. Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born