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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.

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Florence King
Age: 80 †
Born: 1936
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: January 6
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Washington
District of Columbia
Florence Virginia King
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Feminism
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Spinsterhood
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to a Southerner it is faux pas, not sins, that matter in this world.
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Spinsterhood is Nature's Own Feminism.
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We worship education but hate learning. We worship success but hate the successful. We worship fame but hate the famous.
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If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.
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A home without a grandmother is like an egg without salt.
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