Cherie PriestAnd people tended not to bother a woman with a book.
About This Quote
The meaning of this quote is that people don’t usually take an interest in a woman if she appears to be smart. They think it is only the woman who gets the job done, not the person who has done the thinking.
Source: Dreadnought
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