Strange Woman

Famous quotes containing the words strange and/or woman:

    A child... who has learned from fairy stories to believe that what at first seemed a repulsive, threatening figure can magically change into a most helpful friend is ready to believe that a strange child whom he meets and fears may also be changed from a menace into a desirable companion.
    Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)

    Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)