No one expects a woman busy ...

No one expects a woman busy at her sewing to pay attention to what’s being said around her. Nevermind if a man’s mother and sister showerd them they heard everything while they stictched, he’ll still think a woman who plies her needles saves all her brains for the work. You’re a far better spy hemming sheets than if you clank with daggers.
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There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki
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I bet his mother was a wyvern. -Scamp
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I am silly, now and then," Sandry admitted. "My mother said I was, anyway." "If you know, you can stop it." Carefully Daja placed a candle behind Trader Koma's image. "Then you've never been silly, or you'd know it just creeps up without any warning.
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Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?' 'Never. They're mother's milk to me.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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