#women

One should remember that where nobody flees, there is no pursuer: that where there are no little fish, there can be no big ones. Why does the girl not require her lover a noble and honoured name, a manly heart to protect her weakness, and a resolute spirit which will not be satisfied with engendering slaves? Let her discard all fear, behave nobly and yield not her youth to the weak and faint-hearted. ↗

— Jose Rizal y Alonso

#strength #women #love

...Other women I can flatter and praise – but to you, I must tell the truth... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #truth #women #love

I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven't got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment. ↗

— Bella Pollen

#women #marriage

He remembers which sister I like least and asks how she is doing. (lines 9-11 of the poem 'Divorce') ↗

— Carrie Etter

#marriage #poetry #women #marriage

Were kisses all the joys in bed,/One woman would another wed. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#marriage #sonnets #women #marriage

An old friend of mine named Jean fell through a tear in her marriage and landed on her feet. ↗

— Catherine McNamara

#marriage

She thought too that women didn't know what to do with themselves these days which could turn them into harridans. Hardly a female friend she knew wasn't miserable. Either mind dumb with children, or in the married condition married to an earnest toiler, or lonely unmarried in their successful career. ↗

— J.P. Donleavy

#women #marriage

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it. ↗

— Elizabeth Peters

#men #women #men

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#gender-stereotypes #men #women #men

I hate men who are afraid of women's strength. ↗

— Anaïs Nin

#feminism #woman #women-s-strenth #love