Quotes by Women It is well within the order of things Anna Wickham women marriage order A man in love ... is the master, so it seems, but only if his lady friend permits it! The need to interchange the roles of slave and master for the sake of the relationship is never more clearly demonstrated than in the course of an affair. Never is the complicity between victim and executioner more essential. Even chained, down on her knees, begging for mercy, it is the woman, finally, who is in command ... the all powerful slave, dragging herself along the ground at her master's heels, is now really the god. The man is only her priest, living in fear and trembling of her displeasure. Anne Desclos women powerful love-is Woman ... is the divine object, violated, endlessly sacrificed yet always reborn, whose only joy, achieved through a subtle interplay of images, lies in contemplation of herself. Anne Desclos women joy lying Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. Anne Frank women growing-up inspirational I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage. Anne Frank women courage work Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl? Anne Frank women girl memorable A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'. Anne Hathaway women humorous funny I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl. Anne Hathaway women girl believe You have to make mistakes to find out who you aren't. You take the action, and the insight follows: You don't think your way into becoming yourself. Anne Lamott badass women mistake Successful people understand that you don't need to make things complicated. Anne McKevitt women successful inspirational Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves. Anne Morrow Lindbergh women essence order I feel we are all islands - in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh women sea islands The here, the now, and the individual, have always been the special concern of the saint, the artist, the poet, and - from time immemorial - the woman. In the small circle of the home she has never quite forgotten the particular uniqueness of each member of the family; the spontaneity of now; the vividness of here. This is the basic substance of life. These are the individual elements that form the bigger entities like mass, future, world. We may neglect these elements, but we cannot dispense with them. They are the drops that make up the stream. They are the essence of life itself. Anne Morrow Lindbergh women artist home My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me. Anne Morrow Lindbergh women shadow photography I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly. Anne Morrow Lindbergh women giving believe Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life. Anne Morrow Lindbergh contemplative-life women running Most of us don't have mothers who blazed a trail for us--at least, not all the way. Coming of age before or during the inception of the women's movement, whether as working parents or homemakers, whether married or divorced, our mothers faced conundrums--what should they be? how should they act?--that became our uncertainties. Anne Roiphe working-parents women mother Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around. Anne Roiphe women way religion Take a woman talking, Anne Sexton women typewriters moving It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; Anne Spencer women weakness humanity «1011121314151617181920»