The trouble with you, Charles, is that basically you despise women, whereas I, in spite of some appearances to the contrary, do not.""I don't despise women. I was in love with all Shakespeare's heroines before I was twelve.""But they don't exist, dear man, that's the point. They live in the never-never land of art, all tricked out in Shakespeare's wit and wisdom, and mock us from there, filling us with false hopes and empty dreams. The real thing is spite and lies and arguments about money.
-Iris Murdoch
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