“ Wounded vanity can make a woman more vindictive than a lioness robbed of her cubs. ”
W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil (1925). copy citation
Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
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Source | The Painted Veil |
Topic | vanity women |
Date | 1925 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64682/64682-h/64682-h.htm |
Context
“Kitty, accustomed to flattery all her life, had never heard such things said to her before. Blind wrath, driving out fear, arose in her heart: it seemed to choke her, and she felt the blood-vessels in her temples swell and throb. Wounded vanity can make a woman more vindictive than a lioness robbed of her cubs. Kitty's jaw, always a little too square, protruded with an apish hideousness and her beautiful eyes were black with malice. But she kept her temper in check.
"If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers."”
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