A Quote by Sandra Bartky
Women's body language speaks eloquently, though silently, of her subordinate status in a hierarchy of gender.
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Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip,
Nay, her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out
At every joint and motive of her body.
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My music speaks of warriors. It speaks of women being kings and this sense of pride of being more, even though you have less.
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You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand.
Writing in a foreign language - has brought me to the cries of the women silently rebelling in my youth, to my own true origins.
