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“She had the human look of a domesticated animal.”
― Agustina Bazterrica, Tender Is the Flesh

“The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. He's attracted to independent women. "He's like an exotic bird collector," she said. "He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“...ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.”
― Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow