Quote by Rex Stout

Women don't require motives that are comprehensible to my intellectual processes.

— Rex Stout

“That in itself made her a little intriguing and enticing. A woman who doesn't know her own potential for passion”

— Kailin Gow

“There is, in fact, a primary driving force behind women's reluctance to see their ambition as a virtue.”

— Debra Condren

“I believe a woman is just as likely to kill as a man, given the proper motivation.”

— K.K. Chalmers

“People talk of their motives in a cut and dried way. Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else…

— George Eliot

“Women provide the only true link to civilization. Men simply are not ruthless enough to survive on their own.”

— Karen Hawkins

“No man, no matter how smart or strong, can compete with a motivated woman.”

— J.K. Franko

“No woman can fully understand nor appreciate her femininity without the help of a man, even if he only exists in her imagination.”

— Lebo Grand

“First, though, we have to get the stories of these women out into the world. Because representation matters. And we ladies need real inspiration…

— Sam Maggs

“When he describes woman, each writer discloses his general ethics and the special idea he has of himself; and in her he often betrays…

— Simone de Beauvoir

“Who can resist the thought that love is the ideological bone thrown to women to distract their attention from the powerlessness of their lives?”

— Phyllis Rose

“A clever woman succeeds in concealing her jealousy. Otherwise we men always feel so sure of ourselves...”

— Kerstin Gier