“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“To love somebody is not just a strong feeling—it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision?”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
“Even as a child she had lived her own small life within herself. At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual life - that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
“Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.”
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
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