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Joseph Conrad on Women

1857–1924 England

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Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.

Chance (1913)

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

As to honour — you know — it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.

Chance (1913)

"God for men — religions for women," he muttered sometimes.

Nostromo (1904)

It's queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own, and there has never been anything like it, and never can be. It is too beautiful altogether, and if they were to set it up it would go to pieces before the first sunset. Some confounded fact we men have been living contentedly with ever since the day of creation would start up and knock the whole thing over.

Heart of Darkness (1902)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Conrad (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.