#pa

If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it. ↗

— Victoria Woodhull

#demand #emancipation #grant #masse #men

He loves me. Inside his head, his every thought and reaction was born of love, love inside and out, crazy, irrational (and sure, a bit lustful) love. He loves me, and that's also what terrified him when he saw me all lit up like a Christmas tree. He doesn't know what I am, but he loves me. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#love

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#obvious #pays #reputation #subtlety #you

That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem. ↗

— Les Aspin

#bigger #even #frankly #go #gone

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#dealing #establishment #israel #threats #treachery

Where there is injury let me sow pardon. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#me #pardon #sow #where

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#misfortune #parent #rashness #unhappy

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy. ↗

— Mary Astell

#because #love #makes #marry #mighty

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party. ↗

— Mary Astell

#defend #generous #honourable #may #me

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best. ↗

— Mary Astell

#capable #mean #need #since #take