"Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did."

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A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen.

— Virginia Woolf