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“The Soul selects her own Society.”
― Emily Dickinson, The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself”
― Simone de Beauvoir

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”
― Vincent van Gogh