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A 'weakness,' I now realize, is nothing but a strength not properly developed.

Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 22
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Feminist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Alvechurch
Worcestershire
Developed
Weakness
Realize
Strength
Realizing
Nothing
Shortcomings
Properly

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Of course you have to believe in destiny that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion.
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A woman has all too much substance in a man's eyes at the best of times. That is why men like women to be slim. Her lack of flesh negates her. The less of her there is, the less notice he need take of her. The more like a male she appears to be, the safer he feels.
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Instinct' usually just means our conditioning to believe this or believe that, without thinking to investigate.
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