Quote by Edward Hoagland
There arent many irritations to match the condescension which a wo

There arent many irritations to match the condescension which a woman metes out to a man who she believes has loved her vainly for the past umpteen years. – Edward Hoagland

Other quotes by Edward Hoagland

The question of whether its Gods green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying. – Edward Hoagland

Category:
Conservation
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To relive the relationship between owner and slave we can consider how we treat our cars and dogs — a dog exercising a somewhat similar leverage on our mercies and an automobile being comparable in value to a slave in those days. – Edward Hoagland

Category:
Slavery
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True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow. – Edward Hoagland

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Solitude
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Infatuation
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Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us. – George Eliot

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Infatuation

Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid? – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Infatuation

Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. – John Donne

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Infatuation

He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him. – Henry Fielding

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Infatuation

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I enjoy my relationship with straight men. Its very nurturing. Its very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school. – Kyan Douglas

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relationship

Who with a little cannot be content, endures an everlasting punishment. – Robert Herrick

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Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. – Thomas Huxley

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