“But I know that the body I inhabit will only take so much, can only go so far. Rocks, stones, even the leaning twisting trees, all are harder and more enduring. The stones have weight and mass, and agonised trees… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
It is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by. — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
Monarchs not only fashion their age, but are fashioned by it, so that they can become a sort of personification of the age. If… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist. — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
But the gates of my happy childhood had clanged shut behind me; I had become adult enough to recognize the need to conceal unbearable… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
Nothing comes back. The eye sees for a moment, the ear hears, but look, now it is gone. — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices against half the human race that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by. — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
For centuries the word 'nature' has been used to bolster prejudices or to express, not reality, but a state of affairs that the user… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted. — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a watertight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a… — Eva Figes Copy Share Image
