#ali

A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #double-standards #empowerment #equality #feminism

He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal. ↗

— Jane Austen

#equality

All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#equality

...if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#equality

I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#empowerment #equality #freedom #gender #independence

I respect you," he murmured. "and your views. I think of you as an equal. I respect your brains, and all those big words you like to use. But I also want to rip your clothes off and have sex with you until you scream and cry and see God." -Jack Travis (Smooth Talking Stranger) ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#jack-travis #male #manly #sex #sexy

Her throat ached: adoration, heartbreak, in equal measure. “Kiss me,” she said. “Please. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#equality

Relationships are all about trust and equality. If one person shares, then the other person should share, too. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#love #romance #equality

Was everyone else really as alive as she was?...If the answer was yes, then the world, the social world, was unbearably complicated, with two billion voices, and everyone's thoughts striving in equal importance and everyone's claim on life as intense, and everyone thinking they were unique, when no one was. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#equality

Before him he saw two roads, both equally straight; but he did see two; and that terrified him--he who had never in his life known anything but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#equality