“One of the many questions that have often bothered me is why women have been, and still are, thought to be so inferior to men. It’s easy to say it’s unfair, but that’s not enough for me; I’d really like to know the reason for this great injustice!”
― The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
― The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
“She said it again, "I'm tired."
She wanted me to tell her it was all right, to get her spirit and go on, but I couldn't say it. I told her, "Course you're tired. You worked hard your whole life. That's all you did was work."
"Don't you remember me for that. Don't you remember I'm a slave and work hard. When you think of me, you say, she never belong to those people. She never belong to nobody but herself."
She closed her eyes. "You remember that."
"I will, mauma.”
― The Invention of Wings
She wanted me to tell her it was all right, to get her spirit and go on, but I couldn't say it. I told her, "Course you're tired. You worked hard your whole life. That's all you did was work."
"Don't you remember me for that. Don't you remember I'm a slave and work hard. When you think of me, you say, she never belong to those people. She never belong to nobody but herself."
She closed her eyes. "You remember that."
"I will, mauma.”
― The Invention of Wings
“I don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!”
― The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
― The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
“With the heart, you invest in another person. With your liver, you invest in yourself, and if you don’t love yourself, how can you love someone else?”
― Alphabet Soup for Lovers
― Alphabet Soup for Lovers
“My body might be a slave, but not my mind. For you, it's the other way round.”
― The Invention of Wings
― The Invention of Wings
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