"you think men do not stare at your face in approval? you are beautiful, and you know it. deny it, and deny yourself! you have taken pleasure in men's looks, and smiled at them. will you never smile at a man to give your arguments more weight, or touch his arm to distract him from the weakness of your arguments? you will, and you will be no less for it."

- tamela, in robert jordan's "winter's heart"