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"The Old Hall, Fairies by Moonlight; Spectres & Shades, Brownies and Banshees,"
by John Anster Fitzgerald |
"Here were the young women of the highest intelligence, and the most
daring and ingenious of them, coming out of the chiaroscuro of a
thousand years, blinking at the sun and wild with desire to try their
wings. I believe that some of them put on the armor and the halo of St.
Joan of Arc, who was herself an emancipated virgin, and became like
white-hot angels. But most women, when they feel free to experiment with
life, will go straight to the witches' Sabbath. I myself respect them
for it, and do not think that I could ever really love a woman who had
not, at some time or other, been up on a broomstick."
--Isak Dinesen, from "The Old Chevalier" (
Seven Gothic Tales)
Happy feminist Halloween!
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