“I am not one of those women who can stand things.”
“And I am not one of those women who trips twice over the same stone.”
“Women are divided into two categories: those who can deal with the men they are in love with, and those who cannot. Sophia was one of those who can.”
“I am sick of women who love one. Women who hate one are much more interesting.”
“There are three types of people in this world; Those who Sit, those who Stand, and those who Run. I've never doubted which I am.”
“I have seen something of this world," she said over the trays, "and there are but two sorts of women in it-- those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.”