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Drowning Ruth

by Christina Schwarz (Goodreads Author)

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Helen’s Quotes

“Women are terribly shocking to men, my dear. Don't understand them. Like them. It saves such a lot of hurting one way and the other.”
― Margery Allingham, The Fashion in Shrouds

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“There is, it seems to me, a certain type of man who is terrified of the idea of a woman wielding power, of any sort; the type of man who is willing to dress up his terror in any sort of trappings to legitimise it.”
― Jen Williams, The Ninth Rain

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“Any institution that claims to keep women locked up for their own good should be watched very close, in my opinion.”
― Jen Williams, The Ninth Rain

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“Who am I to tell her who to love? My job just to love her good and true myself. P. 237”
― Alice Walker, The Color Purple

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“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.”
― John W. Campbell Jr.

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