“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”

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Irish writer and poet 1854–1900

Shirley Abbott (1934)

Quoted in Mickey Pearlman, Listen to Their Voices (1993), ch. 12

“A woman shaking in fear from demons in her mind, and the old man who loves her more deeply than life itself, crying softly in the corner, his face in his hands.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“The relationship between a woman and a man is built on the basis of mutual respect .. The woman is not required to bury herself in life because the man is unable to control his instincts like animals .. The woman raises the man's face, hair, height, width, smell, and even the voice of her is roughened, but the woman has learned to control her instincts. The man is also required to rise to the level of the woman.”

Habib Bourguiba (1903–2000) Tunisian politician

“Seeing a woman's child is like seeing a woman naked, in the way it changes how her face looks to you, how her face becomes less the whole story.”

John Crowley (1942) American writer

Bk. 2, Ch. 3
Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament (1981)

“A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.”

Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer

Davram Bashere
(15 October 1994)

“The enemy is like a woman, weak in face of opposition, but correspondingly strong when not opposed. In a quarrel with a man, it is natural for a woman to lose heart and run away when he faces up to her; on the other hand, if the man begins to be afraid and to give ground, her rage, vindictiveness and fury overflow and know no limit.”

Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) Catholic Saint, founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)

No. 325.
Spiritual Exercises (1548)

“Any woman who counts on her face is a fool.”

Zadie Smith On Beauty

Source: On Beauty

“She, of a particular and unique beauty. The features of his face and her body are of a subtle transgression that blends between sweetness and sensuality. Her charm smells of woman.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Lei, di una particolare ed unica bellezza. I lineamenti del suo volto e del suo corpo sono di una sottile trasgressione che si fonde tra dolcezza e sensualità. Il suo fascino profuma di donna.
Source: prevale.net

“She had fallen asleep with her head on her lover's knees. He looked at her and smiled. An expression of pity and benevolence flitted across his face. His hands stretched out part way toward the sleeping woman with the gentleness of strength. I saw the glorious pride of condescension and charity in this man whom a woman prostrate before him deified.”

Henri Barbusse (1873–1935) French novelist

The Inferno (1917), Ch. XVI

“It's strange how men feel they have the right to criticize a woman's appearance to her face.”

Marilyn French (1929–2009) Novelist, critic

Source: Her Mother's Daughter

“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”

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