A woman without a man cannot meet a man, any man, of any age, without thinking, even if it's for a half-second, Perhaps this is the man.

Doris Lessing

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Topic

Men and women

Author

Doris Lessing

Source

The Golden Notebook

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

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The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

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Topic
Infidelity

Author

John Updike
Source
Couples
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968, ch. 5.

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Through his passion nature has given man into woman's hands, and the woman who does not know how to make him her subject, her slave, her toy, and how to betray him with a smile in the end is not wise.

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

Venus in Furs

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Topic
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Speaker
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Author

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Source
Venus in Furs
Medium
Novel
Language
German
Time
1870 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sacher-Masoch, Leopold. Venus im Pelz [Venus in Furs]. Stuttgart, 1870.

Current Citation

Sacher-Masoch, Leopold. Venus in Furs, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2000.