The female of the genus homo is economically dependent on the male. He is her food supply.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
New York - that unnatural city where every one is an exile, none more so than the American.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
“Like a plant that starts up in showers and sunshine and does not know which has best helped it to grow, it is difficult to say whether the hard things or the pleasant things did me the most good.”
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| Mickey Kaus, Journalist (1951) |
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