“Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be—and are ruined.”
― The Prince
― The Prince
“Some days are better than others, for human optimism has no limits.”
― The Arbitrator
― The Arbitrator
“I read “The Second Sex.”
Simone explained that if women peed standing up, their perception of life would change.
So I tried. It ran lightly down my left leg. It was a little disgusting.
Seated, it was much simpler. And as an Iranian woman, before learning to urinate like a man, I needed to learn to become a liberated and emancipated woman.”
― The Complete Persepolis
Simone explained that if women peed standing up, their perception of life would change.
So I tried. It ran lightly down my left leg. It was a little disgusting.
Seated, it was much simpler. And as an Iranian woman, before learning to urinate like a man, I needed to learn to become a liberated and emancipated woman.”
― The Complete Persepolis
“Peace? I hate the word as I hate hell and all Montagues.”
― Romeo and Juliet
― Romeo and Juliet
“Running out the anchor line, the pirates babbled to one another, and in the tangle of their barbaric language, Aspasia listened for one word—Athens. It lit up the darkness in her mind, like the single glint her eyes fixed on above the distant gray-green hills.”
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
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