I have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human.
Agnes SmedleyMy mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike. She said little, especially when my father or the men who worked for him were about I remember her instinctive and unhesitating sympathy for the miners.
Agnes SmedleyI have loved and bitterness left me for that hour. But there are times when love itself is bitter.
Agnes SmedleyYet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won't hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity!
Agnes Smedley