# Quote — Joanna Russ, The Female Man

> Remember, I don’t threaten. I don’t play. I always carry firearms. The truly violent are never without them.

- Author: [Joanna Russ](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ.md)
- Book: [The Female Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man.md)
- Page: 181
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joanna_Russ#The_Female_Man_(1975)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/remember-i-dont

## More from this book

> As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.
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> But the frogs die in earnest.

p. 196 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/as-my-mother.md)

> Remember: I didn’t and don’t want to be a “feminine” version or a diluted version or a special version or a subsidiary version or an ancillary version, or an adapted version of the heroes I admire. I want to be the heroes themselves.
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> What future is there for a female child who aspires to being Humphrey Bogart?

p. 206 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/remember-i-didnt.md)

> If you want to be an assassin, remember that you must decline all challenges. Showing off is not your job.
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> If you are insulted, smile meekly. Don’t break your cover.
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> Be afraid. This is information about the world.
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> You are valuable. Push yourself.
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> Take the easiest way out whenever possible. Resist curiosity, pride, and the temptation to defy limits. You are not your own woman and must be built to last.
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> Indulge hatred. Action comes from the heart.
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> Pray often. How else can you quarrel with God?

p. 191 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joanna-russ/the-female-man/if-you-want.md)