I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat.
AGNES SMEDLEYBut 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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So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital.
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Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books.
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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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No one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.
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There’s something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike.
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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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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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But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.
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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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To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
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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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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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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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I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman.
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