"I want my sex to claim nothing from their brethren but what their brethren may justly claim from them."

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Source : Sarah Moore Grimké, Mary S. Parker (1838). “Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker”, p.127

Sarah Moore Grimke

#Brother Quotes

“Women are much more comfortable making their own style rules now. They want pieces that will make their busy lives easier.”
“when one never speaks, one has nothing to say because one has too much to say.”
“Never use a verb other than â€˜saidâ€™ to carry dialogue.”
“Once we realize the extraordinary power we have to compose our lives, well move from passive, conditioned thinking to being co-creators of our fate.”
“The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell.”
“My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.”
“Reality is like a fruitcake; pretty enough to look at but with all sorts of nasty things lurking just beneath the surface.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.184, Macmillan
“When you're young, you think everything you do is disposable. You move from now to now, crumpling time up in your hands, tossing it away. You're your own speeding car. You think you can get rid of things, and people tooâ€”leave them behind. You don't yet know about the habit they have, of coming back. Time in dreams is frozen. You can never get away from where you've been.”

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