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Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence.
Marriage isn't a word... it's a sentence.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
The society of women is the element of good manners.
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this read more
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol read more
Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.
It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.
It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.