
“There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.”
Is He Popenjoy? (1878), Ch. 18
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Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part Four: Soul and Body
“There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.”
Is He Popenjoy? (1878), Ch. 18
“Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.”
“If they cannot love and resist at the same time, they probably will not survive.”
“Her soul's light shines through,
But her soul cannot be seen.”
Main Street and Other Poems (1917), A Blue Valentine
Context: Her soul's light shines through,
But her soul cannot be seen.
It is something elusive, whimsical, tender, wanton, infantile, wise
And noble.