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The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.
Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.
Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be read more
The world men inhabit is rather bleak. It is a world full of doubt and confusion, where vulnerability must be hidden, not shared; where competition, not co-operation, is the order of the day; where men sacrifice the possibility of knowing their own children and sharing in their upbringing, for the sake of a job they may have chosen by chance, which may not suit them and which in many cases dominates their lives to the exclusion of much else.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. read more
The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.
Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.
