Cady Groves Quotes

“Strike a match, ignite my past.”

“Did I not feel that the time has come for the questions of women's wrongs to be laid before the public? Did I not believe that women herself must do this work, for women alone understand the height, the depth, the breadth of her degradation. - Seneca Falls Convention, 1848”

“It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.”

“The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.”

“Fear has nothing to do with cowardice. A fellow is only yellow when he lets his fear make him quit.”

“The mythic voice rising from literature and art allows us to be humane. We are not humane because of political power, or education, or even religion. We are humane because we recognize the humanity of others. The writer and the artist appeal to that humanity. For that reason, literature and art are the bones of civilization.”

“You can speak truth to power, . . . but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity.""The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel”

“Cease trying to work everything out with your mind. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a Revelation.”

“To throw obstacles in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes.”

“The woman is uniformly sacrificed to the wife and mother.”