This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women …

E. M. Forster
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This desire to govern a woman -- it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together.... But I do love you surely in a better way then he does. He thought. Yes -- really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms. ✨ Gabrielle Vigot, Monica Corwin, Pan Zador, Coco Rousseau, Alexandre Dumas (2015). Literary Love: 5 Wild and Wanton Classics, p.1475, Simon and Schuster
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