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I don't see what women see in other women," I'd told Doctor Nolan in my interview that noon. "What does a woman see in a woman that she can't see in a...more

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brave love, dreamnot of staunching such strict flame, but come,lean to my wound; burn on, burn on.

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I tried to imagine what it would be like if Constantin were my husband.It would mean getting up at seven and cooking him eggs and bacon and toast andc...more

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This woman lawyer said the best men wanted to be pure for their wives, and even if they weren't pure, they wanted to be the ones to teach their wives ...more

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How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I n...more

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What I hate is the thought of being under a man's thumb," I had told Doctor Nolan. "A man doesn't have a worry in the world, while I've got a baby han...more

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Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it

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I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps outLooking, with its hooks, for something to love.

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O love, how did you get here?--Nick and the Candlestick

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I also remembered Buddy Willard saying in a sinister, knowing way that after Ihad children I would feel differently, I wouldn't want to write poems an...more

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The main point of the article was that a man's world is different from a women's world and a man's emotions are different from a women's emotions and ...more

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And of course I didn't know who would marry me now that I'd been where I had been. I didn't know at all.

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A man's world is different from a woman's world and a man's emotions are different from a woman's emotions and only marriage can bring the two differe...more

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I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. Woman-haters were like gods: invulnerable and chock full of power. They descended, and...more

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And I knew that in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her, what he secretly wanted w...more