There are many men – such as those often to be found among the Indians – who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones.
AGNES SMEDLEYTo die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
More Agnes Smedley Quotes
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Always before I had felt like a person, an individual, hopeful that I could mold my life according to some desire of my own.
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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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There’s something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.
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Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books.
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Friendship is far more human.
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It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
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The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
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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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Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment.
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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.
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I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they deaden the mind of man and make him blind or cynical before subjection of any kind.
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I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions.
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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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But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.
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I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.
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