A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

Marjorie Rawlings

The Yearling

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Grandma Hutto

Author

Marjorie Rawlings

Source

The Yearling

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rawlings, Marjorie. The Yearling. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938, ch. 12.

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Electric flesh-arrows...traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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When two people take each other on terms of perfect equality, without the desire of one to control the other, to make the other subservient, it is a beautiful thing. It is the truest and highest state of life.

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Women's equality Men and women Relationships
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Susan B. Anthony
Source
New York World
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
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Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” Interviewed by Nellie Bly. New York World, 2 Feb. 1896.

Current Citation

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