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I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration.
Washington Irving1783–1859The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820)In context
- Women
Rip, in fact, was no politician; the changes of states and empires made but little impression on him; but there was one species of despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was⁠—petticoat government.
Washington Irving1783–1859Rip Van Winkle (1819)In context
- Comedy
- Marriage
John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman1860–1935The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)In context
- Marriage
If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression,⁠—a slight hysterical tendency,⁠—what is one to do?
Charlotte Perkins Gilman1860–1935The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)In context
- Health
- Marriage
Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered,” she went on with a sudden serious sweetness, “but nobody could ever count my love for you.
O. Henry1862–1910The Gift of the Magi (1905)In context
Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart,
’Tis woman’s whole existence
Lord Byron1788–1824Don Juan (1819–1824), Canto the First (2 of 2)In context
- Men
- Women
Though pious, I am none the less a man;
And when a man beholds your heavenly charms,
The heart surrenders, and can think no more.
Molière1622–1673Tartuffe (1664–1669), Act III, Scene III, spoken by TartuffeIn context
- Religion
Alas, the Love that falleth like a flood,
Strong-winged and transitory:
Why praise ye him? What beareth he of good
To man, or glory?
Yet Love there is that moves in gentleness,
Heart-filling, sweetest of all powers that bless.
Euripides481–407 BCMedea (431 BC), Part 1, spoken by ChorusIn context
He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear.
Edith Wharton1862–1937The House of Mirth (1905), Book Two, Chapter 14In context
- Life & Death
God has put us on earth to love our neighbours and to show it, and He is omnipresent, even in India, to see how we are succeeding.
E. M. Forster1879–1970A Passage to India (1924), Part I: Mosque, Chapter VIn context
- God
And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house.
O. Henry1862–1910The Gift of the Magi (1905)In context
A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.
Marilyn Monroe1926–1962On Being Blonde (2007), p. 53
- Work
There’s no race, no religion, no class system, no color – nothing – no sexual orientation, that makes us better than anyone else. We’re all deserving of love.
Sandra Bullockborn 1964Parade interview (2009)
- Race
To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant.
Gillian Andersonborn 1968The Telegraph “Gillian Anderson: It’s time somebody was brave enough to ask me out” (March 24, 2015)
I’m for decency — period. I’m for anything and everything that bodes love and consideration for my fellow man.
Frank Sinatra1915–1998Playboy interview (1963)
- Morality