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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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“Odd, said Miss Pettigrew conversationally, 'the undermining effect of flowers on a woman's common sense.”
― Winifred Watson, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

tags: flower

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#3

“Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.”
― G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions

tags: cheese, poetry

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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
― Harry Crosby, Transit of Venus

tags: poetry

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#5

“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
― William Morris

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#6

“She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.”
― Muriel Spark, Aiding and Abetting

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character
empowerment
flaws
freedom
gender
identity
image
independence
integrity
realism
self-awareness
self-determination
women
flower
cheese
poetry