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A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics." ↗

— Helen Rowland

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Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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What a man calls his "conscience" is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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I like subtitles. Sometimes I wish all movies had subtitles. ↗

— Gena Rowlands

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The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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