But they were all written by men
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Captain Harvile:
Poor Phoebe, she would not have forgotten him so soon. It was not in her nature. Anne Elliot:
It would not be in the nature of any woman who truly loved. Captain Harvile:
Do you claim that for your sex? Anne Elliot:
We do not forget you as soon as you forget us. We cannot help ourselves. We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us. You always have business of some sort or other to take you back into the world. Captain Harvile:
I won't allow it to be any more man's nature than women's to be inconstant or to forget those they love or have loved. I believe the reverse. I believe... Let me just observe that all histories are against you, all stories, prose, and verse. I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which did not have something to say on women's fickleness. Anne Elliot:
But they were all written by men
Poor Phoebe, she would not have forgotten him so soon. It was not in her nature. Anne Elliot:
It would not be in the nature of any woman who truly loved. Captain Harvile:
Do you claim that for your sex? Anne Elliot:
We do not forget you as soon as you forget us. We cannot help ourselves. We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us. You always have business of some sort or other to take you back into the world. Captain Harvile:
I won't allow it to be any more man's nature than women's to be inconstant or to forget those they love or have loved. I believe the reverse. I believe... Let me just observe that all histories are against you, all stories, prose, and verse. I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which did not have something to say on women's fickleness. Anne Elliot:
But they were all written by men
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We do not forget you as soon as you forget us
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We cannot help ourselves
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We live at home
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quiet confined
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and our feelings prey upon us
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You always have business of some sort to take you back into the world
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I won't allow it to be any more man's nature than woman's
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to be inconstant
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or to forget those they love or have loved
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I believe the reverse
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I believe in
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Have you finished your letter
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Not quite A few lines yet
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Let me just observe that all histories are against you
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all stories prose and verse
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I don't think I ever opened a book in my life
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which did not have something to say on women's fickleness
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But they were all written by men
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Movie Summary
Eight years earlier, Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young seaman, who, though ...
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Captain Harvile
Anne Elliot
