But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.
AGNES SMEDLEYYet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity!
More Agnes Smedley Quotes
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I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman.
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Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
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But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.
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But there were years when, in search of what I thought was better, nobler things I denied these, my people, and my family.
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Friendship is far more human.
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I have loved and bitterness left me for that hour. But there are times when love itself is bitter.
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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
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In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper.
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To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.
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For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
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I was ashamed of them and their ways of life. But now – yes, I love them; they are a part of my blood; they, with all their virtues and their faults, played a great part in forming my way of looking at life.
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And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.
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I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat.
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When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant.
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