To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
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 SmedleyThere are many men - such as those often to be found among the Indians - who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones.
Agnes SmedleyI have always detested the belief that sex is the chief bond between man and woman. Friendship is far more human.
Agnes Smedley