Feminism Quote by Lorna Dee Cervantes Download Open image “A man's whole life / may be a metaphor - but a woman's lot / is symbol.” — Lorna Dee Cervantes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Feminism Life Life Metaphor Lot Symbol Man Life May Men Metaphor Metaphor Woman Symbols Whole life Woman Lot
Woman is the symbol to man of the uncleanness of bodily existence, of which he purifies himself by putting her to noble uses. She… — Laura Riding Copy Share Image
“A man is always devoted to something more tangible than a woman - the idea of her.” — Bauvard Copy Share Image
Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, 'Tis woman's whole existence. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Not everything in life can be interpreted metaphorically; that's because things fall out on the way. — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him. — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
A person gets from a symbol the meaning he puts into it, and what is one man's comfort and inspiration is another's jest and… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Metaphors introduce symbolic elements that add layers of meaning and depth to how characters feel in any given situation.” — Calvin Niles Copy Share Image
“True symbolism depends on the fact that things, which may differ from one another in time, space, material nature, and many other limitative characteristics,… — Titus Burckhardt Copy Share Image
Regret is an uneven hand, a rough palm at the cheek — tender and calloused. — Lorna Dee Cervantes Copy Share Image
“The Body As Braille” He tells me “your back is so beautiful.” He traces my spine with his hand. I’m burning like the white… — Lorna Dee Cervantes Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“This story is not at all an uncommon one in tech circles, including gaming. The popular notion is that women who get ahead must… — Bailey Poland Copy Share Image
Without meaning to sound anti-men, ghastly women are the closest you get to a male role. — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
If the women in the factories stopped work for twenty minutes, the Allies would lose the war. — Joseph Joffre Copy Share Image
“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes you a bad woman in the eyes of the dumb patriarchal society, then, by… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“there was something of the women molded into the great, stalwart frame of Hollingsworth; nor was he ashamed of it; as men often are… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Women rule the world. It's not really worth fighting because they know what they're doing. Ask Napoleon. Ask Adam. Ask Richard Burton or Richie… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
“Bármilyen idiótának, aki azt kérdezi: „Feminista vagy? Akkor elégeted a melltartóidat, mi? HE? Melltartókat égetsz, te feminista?” – szép nyugodtan így kell válaszolni: „Ostoba.… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
