Quote by Marya Mannes
For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, t

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves. – Marya Mannes

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Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive. – Marya Mannes

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All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. – Marya Mannes

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