He didn't want to puff her up. Puffed-up women are one of the original sources of trouble in the world. If anyone knew that, it was he. He counted it as one of his duties to mankind to keep women from puffing themselves up, though it had been a most monumental duty in his own marriage. A job requiring a hero. It was one of those things that God, being male, questioned you about before you were let into heaven, and he was proud to say that he hadn't neglected it. Judith Merkle Riley
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The quote above is by Ernest Hemingway, one of the most well known authors of all time. He was talking about men in general, but especially when it comes to women. This man felt that when a woman gets too much attention from men it can be dangerous for them. If you read his novel "The Sun Also Rises" you will learn that his character Jake Barnes becomes infatuated with Lady Brett Ashley after he has spent a night with her. It sounds like Jake is the perfect hero in the novel until you find out what happens when he goes back to Paris alone in the morning.

Source: In Pursuit Of The Green Lion

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