Norah Vincent Professions : Writer Born : September 20, 1968 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Norah Vincent There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone. Norah Vincent ability gone boys Women and men communicate differently, often on entirely different planes. But just as men have failed us, we have failed them. It has been one of our great collective female shortcomings to presume that whatever we do not perceive simply isn't there, or that whatever is not communicated in our language is not intelligible speech. Norah Vincent female different men You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on. Norah Vincent want-to-be-happy boots want I really like being a woman. ... I like it more now because I think it's more of a privilege. Norah Vincent being-a-woman privilege thinking Is this level of athletic competition the ultimate distraction from real life? Or is it a form of prayer? Norah Vincent athletic real prayer People see weakness in a woman and they want to help. They see weakness in a man and they want to stamp it out Norah Vincent weakness men people There's a big difference between tolerance and approval, and I have no right to expect or demand the latter from anyone. Norah Vincent demand tolerance differences Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors