Miles Franklin - Men Quotes

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I never can see why they make such a fuss and get so frightened because women does a thing or two now they usedn't to. Nothing short of a earthquake can make them not men an' woman, an' that's the main thing.

Miles Franklin

I early became conscious that men breathe more audibly than women. Sit in a room in silence with men and women, and you can always hear the men breathing.

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'I never thought much of men, but this one is different,' has been said by more than one bride; and, 'I never could suffer infants, but this kid is different to all I've seen,' is an expression often heard from proud young fathers.

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'Men always say there is no female Shakespeare.' 'Humph! You study the fellows who say that, and you'll see they are a long way from being Shakespeares themselves. Why shouldn't women have the same privilege?'

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