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“Haven't you noticed that we women daydream infinitely less than you men? We can't anticipate pleasure in our imagination or keep suffering out our lives with some imaginary consolation.Whatever is,is.Imagintion! It's so paltry!Yes,when you've grown older,as I have,you occasionally make do with the poor comedy of the imagination.”
― Niels Lyhne
― Niels Lyhne

“He watched the newly arrived commuters as they stepped into the carriage, pushed their way down the tube, the odours from their damp clothes mingling, giving off varying degrees of mustiness: London grime, or smoke from airless offices. A woman wearing a blue swing coat glanced along the carriage, casting around for an empty seat. Her pale skin, the searching green eyes, reminded him of Emma. Briefly, he felt his breath catch; he stood, clambered back over his neighbour and indicated for her to take his seat. And so his mind stayed with Emma when he knew he should be working out a strategy for telling Dorothy of his news. But Emma was never far away; like the glitter balls in dance halls, she would slowly rotate in his memory, different facets reappearing, as the hues changed in her auburn hair.”
― The Eloquence of Desire
― The Eloquence of Desire

“Rousseau said that a woman鈥檚 place is the home. Many women are at home鈥atching their children starve. Some Assembly members voted for schools to teach girls home arts. Did any woman of the Third Estate not learn home arts as soon as she could walk? If women were educated, they鈥檇 have other ways to feed their children besides laundering and whoring.”
― Her Own Legacy
― Her Own Legacy

“I no longer possessed the luxury of falling in love. If something should happen to Papa, I would lose the legacy and be left in poverty.”
― Her Own Legacy
― Her Own Legacy

“You were right to insist that we invest in the beds. I don't know why we did not jump on getting them sooner.
She knew why. A woman, Dr. Jesse Wright invented them.
And much like Sister Kenny's method for rehabilitating polio patients, her idea was scorned until enough men embraced it.”
― The Woman With the Cure
She knew why. A woman, Dr. Jesse Wright invented them.
And much like Sister Kenny's method for rehabilitating polio patients, her idea was scorned until enough men embraced it.”
― The Woman With the Cure
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