Love among famous women

For a great man, love is a means, not an end. Whereas for a great woman, it is a means to achieving her genius, and also an end that must lead to making herself happy by making the man she loves happy and whom she hopes will be her husband and the father of her children. The tragedy of a great woman lies in her attempt to combine genius and love, i.e. In the effort she makes, she achieves her geni...