Amends Quote by Jan Struther

“Little world, full of scars and gashes, ripened with another's pain, Your flowers feed on carrion--so do your birds; Men feed on each other…

— James Kavanaugh

We as women know that there are no disembodied processes; that all history originates in human flesh; that all oppression is inflicted by the…

— Andrea Dworkin

Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been…

— Maria Mitchell

Women should be women and not babies that need petting and correction all the time. I know we like to be appreciated but if…

— Eliza R. Snow

Women are magic creatures: they get wet without water, bleed without being injured, give milk without eating grass, & can make boneless meat.

— Anonymous

Women should be treated as human beings, not as domestic animals.

— Averroes

“For difficult women, who should be celebrated for their very nature”

— Roxane Gay

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

— Samuel Johnson

Women were created for a reason, to keep men sane.

— Aisha

It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated.…

— Jane Austen

The truth is, we [women] live like bats, or owls, labor like beasts, and die like worms.

— Margaret Cavendish

“Women should not feel obliged towards any men for eternity. They earned this privilege by gathering berries, digging roots, picking wild rice, and chewing…

— Vinko Vrbanic