Relationships should be based on value and fact, on how you get on, on what things you enjoy together. I think romance has caused more unhappiness almost than anything.

Diana Athill

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Topic

Romance Relationships Love Unhappiness

Speaker

Diana Athill

Source

Write, Never Marry, and Other Love Advice from Simone de Beauvoir's Editor Lenny's Letter

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Athill, Diana. "Write, Never Marry, and Other Love Advice from Simone de Beauvoir's Editor." Written by Anya Raza. Lenny Letter, 21 Apr. 2017.

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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.

Susan B. Anthony

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Topic
Women's equality Men and women Relationships
Speaker
Susan B. Anthony
Source
New York World
Medium
Interview
Language
English
Time
1896 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” Interviewed by Nellie Bly. New York World, 2 Feb. 1896.

Current Citation

Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: An Awful Hush 1895 to 1906, edited by Ann D. Gordon. Vol. 6, Rutgers University Press, 2013.