Quote by Geraldine Brooks Download Open image ““She was loved by a man as a woman is meant to be loved.”” — Geraldine Brooks ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Women are fundamentally incapable of loving a man in the way that a man expects to be loved by a woman.” — Rollo Tomassi Copy Share Image
“He could have loved her as a man loves a woman, protected her, provided for her, given her children, grown old with her and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He had loved her as much as a man can love his wife, and so nothing more need be said.” — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“she is all things men want to love, but could never handle.” — Christopher Poindexter Copy Share Image
“She loved this man. This wonderful, respectiful, willful man. And she couldn’t even tell him.” — Justine Dell Copy Share Image
“...she fell in love with men who would not have her or could not keep her.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“Even if she loved him with all her heart, it would still be the love of a dead woman.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“The word for mother, umm, is the root of the words for “source, nation, mercy, first principle, rich harvest; stupid, illiterate, parasite, weak of… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“The lieutenant colonel wondered if the high scores reflected a defect in the newly built shooting range at the women’s academy. To find out,… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“No wonder simple men have always had their gods dwell in the high places. For as soon as a man lets his eye drop… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
I was really interested in how marriages work, how you can, you know, be in love with somebody and spend many years with your… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Writing is like bricklaying; you put down one word after another. Sometimes the wall goes up straight and true and sometimes it doesn't and… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“... So this was how it was to be, now: I would do my best to live in the quick world, but the ghosts… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“They threw rotten fruit at me and told me next time it would be acid.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“You," he continued, grabbing my wrist. "All of you, from the safe world, with your air bags and your tamper-proof packaging and your fat-free… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“This is how an owl must look to a mouse in that last second before the talons sink into the flesh.” — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
And so, as generally happens, those who have most give least, and those with less somehow make shrift to share. — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“The author of this text did not write to provoke, but merely to express a truth as he conceives it. Your own theologians have… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
“So, you are happy to be a pigeon?” “Maybe so. But at least a pigeon does no harm. The hawk lives at the expense… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
