There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.

—Alice Thomas Ellis

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About Alice Thomas Ellis

Alice Thomas Ellis (born Anna Margaret Lindholm; 9 September 1932 – 8 March 2005) was an English writer and essayist. Born in Liverpool, she wrote numerous novels and some non-fiction, including cookery books. She was also known as Mrs. Anna Haycraft.

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Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be all right.

—Alice Thomas Ellis

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Men aren't stupid, and you don't need a complicated set of rules to find a good one who loves you. Here's the only rule you need: if a man loves you, he will do anything he can to keep you around. Anything.

—Kim Gruenenfelder in A Total Waste of Makeup

Men don't settle down because of the right woman. They settle down because they are finally ready for it. Whatever woman they're dating when they get ready is the one they settle down with, not necessarily the best one or the prettiest, just the one who happened to be on hand when the time got to be right. Unromantic, but still true.

—Laurell K. Hamilton in A Kiss of Shadows

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

—Oliver Herford

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Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to become as mediocre as possible.

—Margaret Mead

Men always want to be a woman's first love—women like to be a man's last romance.

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