Sacrifice Quote by David Henry Hwang

“You’re a lady. It’s written all over you, but the West doesn’t forgive any woman-unless she’s got a man.”

— Liliana Shelbrook

“Always has woman crouched close to earth like a partridge hen mothering her young; always has my wantonness of roving led me out on…

— Jack London

“Tis I, my sweet, your rough-and-ready man Well hid by night to beg your fine white hand Though king of bandits, draped in chains…

— Shannon Hale

“To all those women -- strong enough to be heroes; fair enough to be ladies. This song is for you.”

— Robert Fanney

“To a black man, his woman was the sanctuary where he could retreat from the rest of the world. Her love could either make…

— Ashley Antoinette

“I am not alone in this. I only let him do to me what men have ever done to women: march off to empty…

— Geraldine Brooks

“he, that same man, after having abandoned her, finds her after a night of orgie, pale and leaden, forever lost, with hunger on her…

— Alfred De Musset

“Beneath her curls, I forget the world, With a mere gaze she raises my hopes of gold. Love is as much in her heart…

— Faraaz Kazi

“Love, comes to steal you like a thief in the night. It aims to take your most precious from you. It gags, you, binds…

— Nicolenya Caltman

“She deserved to be cherished, but all he could think was to hold her down and fuck her. She deserved to be worshipped, but…

— Skye Warren

“You worship the king of Pop. Your soul is ignited by the New Age of Enya, Enigma and Era." She smiled weakly and continued,…

— S. A. David

“The mother kills one child to feed twelve, and one child to feed eleven, and one child to feed ten until she is left…

— Roxane Gay