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1 " small "
― Joanne Harris , A Narrow Door (Malbry, #3)
2 " disappeared, "
3 " Working at King Henry's, and later at St Oswald's, I had always had to be tough on myself, and gentle on men. Men are so very fragile, Roy; so unused to being challenged. "
4 " I was surprised. It's not often that a woman receives an apology from a man, especially not in such circumstances. I am far more used to being told: You need to learn to take a joke, or; Why must you be so sensitive? Little girls are taught the lesson almost from the cradle. Boys will be boys. It's a man's world. It's because he likes you. "
5 " They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks. "
6 " To be a woman, I have learnt, is to be the constant recipient of unwanted pieces of male advice. "