Quotes
"The whole time, growing up," Evie says, "I just thought being a woman would be...not such a disappointment."
"And what would our ideas of God, of religion, be like if they had come to us through the minds of women? Ever think of that?"
For when women take revenge, it is with all their hearts and souls, not to mention considerable inventiveness and ingenuity
Love is important, and woman being shrewd bargainers probably know fame is not worth much. I’d much rather have something I can spend, eat, or love, thank you very much
No one deserves brutality because of what they are, their condition of birth, including being born female; and the women in this book are not asking for it—instead they are risking as much as any man risks to live, to love.
Women do not know how to be women exactly; men constantly fail to be men.
Women love only those whom they do not know!
A strange thing, the human heart in general, and woman's heart in particular.
Women! Women! Who can understand them? Their smiles contradict their glances, their words promise and allure, but the tone of their voice repels.
Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others.
The world is changing, I said. It is no longer a world just for boys and men.
Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of treating a man cruelly, she encourages him to love her while she doesn't love him at all. Then, when she sees him suffering, her remorse sets in, and she does what she can to repair the wrong.
