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A man once asked me ... how I managed in my books to write such natural conversation between men when they were by themselves. Was I, by any chance, a...more

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What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like ...more

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In reaction against the age-old slogan, "woman is the weaker vessel," or the still more offensive, "woman is a divine creature," we have, I think, all...more

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In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference is that if t...more

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What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Ha

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I imagine you come across a number of people who are disconcerted by the difference between what you do feel and what they fancy you ought to feel. It...more

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Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to ...more

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The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The great man, on the other hand, cou...more

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[T]he more clamour we make about 'the women's point of view', the more we rub it into people that the women's point of view is different, and frankly ...more