Seven a.m. on the first day of summer vacation was, to her mind, a dangerous time to be awake. Even God had to be sleeping in. ― Victoria Kahler

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To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.― bell hooks,

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I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman. ― Arnold Schwarzenegger

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If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them. ― Soujourner Truth

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A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

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If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time.

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Contrary to what we may have been taught to think, unnecessary and unchosen suffering wounds us but need not scar us for life. It does mark us. What we allow the mark of our suffering to become is in our own hands. ― bell hooks

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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency. ― bell hooks

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Being oppressed means the absence of choices ― bell hooks

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I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known. ― Walt Disney

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