Askell

“How silly men were! Their part in procreation was so unimportant; it was the woman who carried the child through long months of uneasiness and bore it with pain, and yet a man because of his momentary connection made such preposterous claims. Why should that make any difference to him in his feelings towards the child?”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

“It was a pity that with his great qualities, his unselfishness and honor, his intelligence and sensibility, he should be so unlovable.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil

“...you don't really become a finer person just by reading lots of books.”
― Natsume Sōseki, Kokoro

“How can a man of consciousness have the slightest respect for himself”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground