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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
― Anaïs Nin

“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt