Famous quotes containing the words air, defence and/or ground:
“Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)
“They aroused me to a determination to understand more fully the position of women, and the character of those men who talk so much of the need of our being protectedMremoving from us, meanwhile, what are often the very weapons of our defence [sic], occupations, and proper and encouraging remuneration.”
—Harriot K. Hunt (18051875)
“Keep out of Chancery.... Its being ground to bits in a slow mill; its being roasted at a slow fire; its being stung to death by single bees; its being drowned by drops; its going mad by grains.”
—Charles Dickens (18121870)