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1 " We cannot imagine what we cannot see. "
― Laura Lippman , Lady in the Lake
2 " A woman dies young, it’s man trouble. "
3 " The world kept telling her to look away, to pay no attention to an age-old system, in which men thrived and inconvenient women disappeared. "
4 " Kindness could be so much more painful than cruelty. "
5 " The heart knows nothing, sees nothing, but it kicks up a ruckus, throws tantrums to get what it wants. "
6 " How could 1906 and 1966 be part of the same century? In 1906, there had been no world wars, most people didn’t have telephones and cars. In 1906, women couldn’t vote and black men could by law, but not in practice. "
7 " something she was obliged to keep to herself because of others’ prejudices. "
8 " In the animal kingdom, the male performs for the woman, woos her with his beautiful feathers or flowing mane, is always trying to out-strut the other men. Why do humans do it the other way? It doesn’t make sense. Men need us more than we need them. "
9 " People today are always talking about prejudice and stuff, like the rest of us never knew it. "
10 " Of course women cared about stature, too, but they learned early to surrender any idea that life was a series of fair exchanges. "
11 " Again, I have to ask: are you really missing if nobody misses you? "
