“JB’s mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women.”
“My mother, Abra, had taught me that all people are made from the same dust. When our days here are gone, all men and women enter the same garden. ”
“Women have no appreciation of good looks—at least, good women have not.”
“my mother was taught the ch'an concept of happiness, which was to find satisfaction in small things. i was taught to appreciate the fresh air in the morning, the colour of leaves turning red in autumn and the water's smoothness when i soaked my hands in the basin.”
“Women never thought beyond the happy ending. We'd been taught to believe that our world revolved around securing a commitment from a man.”
“Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.”