I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman.
AGNES SMEDLEYAnd 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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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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When I was a girl, the West was still young, and the law of force, of physical force, was dominant.
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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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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 shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike.
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But here in New York I was ignorant, insignificant, unimportant–one in millions whose destiny concerned no one. New York did not even know of my existence. Nor did it care.
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Friendship is far more human.
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There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.
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There’s something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.
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I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater.
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Gambling in the mark has been the great indoor sport of the capitalists for months, and consequently food has increased by 25 to 100 per cent.
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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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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
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Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe.
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