“Is it true we'd rather be ruined than changed?”
“The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
“We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and see our illusions die.”
“We would rather be ruined than changedWe would rather die in our dreadThan climb the cross of the momentAnd let our illusions die.”
“I would rather die a spinster—poor, ruined, scorned, and alone—than suffer that heartbreak daily.”
“Women will change the nature of power, rather than power changing the nature of women.”