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"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."
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"The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness."
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"Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked."
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"The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue."
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"Every woman is just a different kind of problem."
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"Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!"
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"An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity."
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"A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me."
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"I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women, or black students behave as though they can only read blacks, or white students behave as though they can only identify with a white writer."
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"Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation."
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"Housekeeping ain't no joke."
Responsibility

"Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it."
Fun

"Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty."
Power

"Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it."
Work

"She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners."
Character

"A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well."
Emotional

"That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct."
Hope

"Be worthy love, and love will come."
Love

"I was never like the rest of you, making plans about the great things I'd do, I never saw myself as anything much, just shy, stupid little Beth, who's only use was at home. Why does everyone want to go away? I love being home, but I don't like being left behind. Now I'm the one going ahead, No one can stop God if He wants me, But I'm afraid I shall be homesick for you... even in heaven."
Family

"Yet that is considered an excellent school, and I dare say it would be if the benighted lady did not think it necessary to cram her pupils like Thanksgiving turkeys, instead of feeding them in a natural and wholesome way. It is the fault with most American schools, and the poor little heads will go on aching till we learn better."
Education
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