Eve

“The mechanic, when a wheel refuses to turn, never thinks of dropping on his knees and asking the assistance of some divine power. He knows there is a reason. He knows that something is too large or too small; that there is something wrong with his machine; and he goes to work and he makes it larger or smaller, here or there, until the wheel will turn.”
― Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child

“Time moves so slowly. Or perhaps it doesn’t move at all and it is we who pass through it.”
― Isabel Allende, Paula

“He looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

“Whoever claims any right that he is unwilling to accord to his fellow-men is dishonest and infamous.”
― Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child