"Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and……" — Marianne Moore

"Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness."

— Marianne Moore

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We are a dreadful species indeed, and deserve whatever it is our techno-baubles do to us. — Douglas Coupland

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