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Aphie

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Aphie’s Quotes

“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.”
― Mae West, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West

tags: chances, ex-boyfriends, lovers, men, new-beginnings, separation

1282 likes

“Rich People plan for three generations
Poor people plan for Saturday night”
― Gloria Steinem

tags: class-distinction, inspirational

92 likes

“He'd always liked women who'd talk back to him just a little bit. "Girls with balls" were good. Women with an actual mind of their own who could prove him wrong in something were, of course, castrating bitches who should be drowned in bottomless wells.”
― Warren Ellis, Crooked Little Vein

tags: black-humour, hypocrisy, sexism, women

83 likes

“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”
― Gloria Steinem

tags: person, right

166 likes

“Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.”
― Gloria Steinem

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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more