Stress was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification. – Julie Burchill
I seem to be getting a lot of things pushed my way that are strong women. Its like people see Hackers and they send me offers to play tough women with guns, the kind who wear no bra and a little tank top. Id like to play strong women who are also very feminine. – Angelina Jolie
Lesbian existence comprises both the breaking of a taboo and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. It is also a direct or indirect attack on the male right of access to women. – Adrienne Rich
God loved the flowers and invented soil. Man loved the flowers and invented vases. – Variation of a saying by Jacques Deval (God loved the birds and invented trees.
In our relationship, we dont have that situation. I dont require what he needs, and he doesnt require what I need. I know what I do I have an amazing life that nobody knows about. – John Oates
A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and come to a premature end? – Alec Cairncross
We have descended into the garden and caught three hundred slugs. How I love the mixture of the beautiful and the squalid in gardening. It makes it so lifelike. – Evelyn Underhill, Letters
