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I reflected how easy it is for a man to reduce women of a certain age to imbecility. All he has to do is give an impersonation of desire, or better still, of secret knowledge, for a woman to feel herself a source of power.

我想，一个男人要把一定年龄的女人变成低能女人是多么容易。他所要做的就是假装出一种欲望，或者更确切地说是一种秘密的知识，让一个女人感到自己是力量的源泉。

— Anita Brookner 安妮塔·布魯克娜