"a woman, when she is heroic, is..." - Quote by George Sand

“No human being can control love, and no one is to blame either for feeling it or for losing it. What alone degrades a woman is falsehood.”

“... everyone's free to embark on either a great clipper or a little fishing boat. An artist is an explorer who oughtn't to shrink from anything: it doesn't matter whether he goes to the left or the right -- his goal sanctifies all.”

“Whoever has loved once, knows all that life contains of sorrow and of joy.”

“The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know.”

“A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”

“The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion.”

“The mighty hero of extraordinary powers, able to lift Mount Govardhan on a finger, and to fill himself with the terrible glory of the universe, is each of us: not the physical self visible in the mirror, but the King within.”

“Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.”

“I think that the heroism which at this day would make on us the impression of Epaminondas and Phocion must be that of a domestic conqueror. He who shall bravely and gracefully subdue this Gorgon of Convention and Fashion, and show men how to lead a clean, handsome and heroic life amid the beggarly elements of our cities and villages; whoso shall teach me how to eat my meat and take my repose and deal with men, without any shame following, will restore the life of man to splendor, and make his own name dear to all history.”