Quotation from: The Little Lady of the Big House

Written by: Jack London

He nodded and said, "So long as you live with me."

"But where's the equity?"

"There isn't any equity," he shook his head. "Oh, I know it seems a
preposterous change of view. But at this late day I have made the
discovery of the ancient truth that women are different from men. All
I have learned of book and theory goes glimmering before the
everlasting fact that the women are the mothers of our children. I...
I still had my hopes of children with you, you see. But that's all
over and done with. The question now is, what's in your heart? I have
told you mine. And afterward we can determine what is to be done."