When a girl is without fortune or profession and is moreover entirely dependent on her brothers, what can she do but hold her tongue and accept what is offered and thank Gof for it. Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette quote. Alexandru Ciecurencu painting.

I am no bird and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will. Arthur Hopkins painting.

here is then the sexual difference, when the education has been the same, all the difference that I can discern arises from the superior advantage of liberty which enable the man to see more of life. Mary Woolstonecraft quote. Art by Arturo Ricci.

If I die tomorrow or in a year, it is the same; it’s the message you leave behind that counts. Rita Levi-Montalcini quote. Painting by Ambrose McEvoy.

One life is an absurdly small allowance. Freya Stark quote. Painting by Dod Procter.

Parents can only give advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands. Painting by Camille Pabst.

Suppose that we had to kill the creatures whose bodies we would fain have upon our table, is there one woman in a hundred who would go to the slaughterhouse to slay the bullock, the calf, the sheep or the pig. Aimé  Perret painting.

You don’t find love it finds you. It’s got a little to do with destiny, fate and what’s written in the stars. Adolfo Belimbau painting.

I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since one book is only a single unaccompanied note and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at once. Art by Aaron Shikler.