“To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it.”
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Why was it that pride and foolishness were so often close companions?”
Source: A Single Shard
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American author of young adult fiction 1960Related quotes
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Context: According to my observations, mankind are among the most easily tamable and domesticable of all creatures in the animal world. They are readily reducible to submission, so readily conditionable (to coin a word) as to exhibit an almost incredibly enduring patience under restraint and oppression of the most flagrant character. So far are they from displaying any overweening love of freedom that they show a singular contentment with a condition of servitorship, often showing a curious canine pride in it, and again often simply unaware that they are existing in that condition.
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