„По-настоящему трусливы только те мужчины, которые не боятся женщин.“
«Макбеты» (сборник «Вкус к жизни»)
As a friend of mine once said, very truly, physical cowards are the only men who are not afraid of women.
Individually, men may present a more or less rational appearance, eating, sleeping, and scheming. But humanity as a whole is changeful, mystical, fickle, delightful. Men are men, but Man is a woman.
Наполеон Ноттингхилльский (1904)
Глава 2
And this experience has made me profoundly sceptical of all the modern talk about the necessary dullness of domesticity; and the degrading drudgery that only has to make puddings and pies. Only to make things! There is no greater thing to be said of God Himself than that He makes things.
Автобиография
Глава 4
And he stood for hours on the lawn, watching the smashing of bottles and the breaking up of casks and feeding on fanatical pleasure: the pleasure his strange, cold, courageous nature could not get from food or wine or woman.
Перелётный кабак (1914)
Глава 15
Many have imagined that feminine politics would be merely pacifist or humanitarian or sentimental. The real danger of feminine politics is too much love of a masculine policy.
Возвращение Дон Кихота (1927)