Elisabeth ElliotI believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal.
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I believe that in order to be a good wife, a woman must be sensual and maternal. The mother goddess. The goddess who nurtures the child in her womb. The woman who knows how to please her man.
Source: Let Me Be A Woman
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