But he like my mother, had certainly come to know that those who work the most do not make the most money. It was the fault of the rich, it seemed, but just how he did not know. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
What a couple. I’m consumed into ashes. And he’s always raking up the ashes and setting them on fire again. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
No one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
Everybody calls everybody a spy, secretly, in Russia, and everybody is under surveillance. You never feel safe. Agnes Smedley Read Quote
