Swallowtail and Sword Quotes

“Women changed their entire lives, embraced it from one stage to the next and emerged stronger, more resilient for the changing. Men, it seemed, strove to keep life unchanging and predictable. No wonder there were more men in prison. Life excelled in disappointing.”
― H. Leighton Dickson, Swallowtail and Sword: The Scholar's Book of Story and Song