8 quotes
Thou large-brained woman and large-hearted man.
Poems (1844)
But I love you, sir:
And when a woman says she loves a man,
The man must hear her, though he love her not.
Aurora Leigh (1856)
Most illogical
Irrational nature of our womanhood,
That blushes one way, feels another way,
And prays, perhaps, another!
Aurora Leigh (1856)
Never was lady on earth more true as woman and wife,
Larger in judgment and instinct, prouder in manners and life.
You forget too much
That every creature, female as the male,
Stands single in responsible act and thought,
As also in birth and death.
Aurora Leigh (1856)
The works of women are symbolical.
We sew, sew, prick our fingers, dull our sight,
Producing what? A pair of slippers, sir,
To put on when you’re weary.
Aurora Leigh (1857)
A worthless woman! mere cold clay
As all false things are! but so fair,
She takes the breath of men away
Who gaze upon her unaware:
I would not play her larcenous tricks
To have her looks!
If the day's work is scant,
Why, call it scant; affect no compromise;
And, in that we have nobly striven at least,
Deal with us nobly, women though we be,
And honour us with truth if not with praise.
Aurora Leigh (1856)