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 SMEDLEYNo one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.
More Agnes Smedley Quotes
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The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
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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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I have loved and bitterness left me for that hour. But there are times when love itself is bitter.
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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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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 forgot the songs they sung – and most of those songs are now dead; I erased their dialect from my tongue.
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Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man.
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The highest joy is to fight by the side of those who for any reason of their own making or ours, are unable to develop to full human stature.
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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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She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
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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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There’s something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.
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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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For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
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I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.
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