" As far as I am concerned, the balance between men and women is all wrong, and there seems little interest on the part of men for changing that. Men know that women need them, and because of that, they acquire an elevated self-confidence. Women, rather than acknowledging their own importance in a relationship, focus instead on their need for it, and in the process they lose their self-confidence. I search in vain for equality in a relationship, and for someone who will want all that I have to give. What is the answer, do you think? "

― Elizabeth Berg , The Dream Lover: A Novel of George Sand