Quote by Charles W. Chesnutt

“She is intent on pleasing the men that frighten her.”

— Carla H. Krueger

“No woman can fully understand nor appreciate her femininity without the help of a man, even if he only exists in her imagination.”

— Lebo Grand

“The greatest power over a man is his desire to please a particular woman.”

— Jeff Wheeler

“But the erotic offers a well of replenishing and provocative force to the woman who does not fear its revelation, nor succumb to the…

— Audre Lorde

“When you want something done, you ask a man. When you want it done quietly and without any fuss, you ask a woman.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“To be appreciated as a woman, and also to be appreciated as a creature with a mind - what more could I have wanted?”

— Phyllis T. Smith

“Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Like many another member of the gentle sex, she seems to have been ready enough to accept the perquisites of her position, but saw…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased.”

— Francine Prose

“I remembered a truism that I had always known: no woman need let a man know the contents of her mind.”

— Karen Essex

“everything to do with women is foolish and, therefore, absolutely essential.”

— Craig Johnson

“She knew that sex was a means of getting ahead and saw nothing wrong in exploiting male weaknesses for her own purposes.”

— Alice Walsh