The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. -Edna O'Brien.

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed. -Edna O'Brien.

Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.

Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

And behind every man who's a failure there's a woman, too!

And behind every man who's a failure there's a woman, too!

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a read more

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- read more

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring them softness, teach them how to cry. -Joan Baez.

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete read more

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

There is a destiny that makes us brothers, No one goes his way alone; All that we send into the read more

There is a destiny that makes us brothers, No one goes his way alone; All that we send into the lives of others, Comes back into our own.