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Sojourner Truth: We do as...

Sojourner Truth: We do as...

We do as much, we eat as much, we want as much.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Sojourner Truth: If the first...

Sojourner Truth: If the first...

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought...

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Sonia Johnson: We must remember...

Sonia Johnson: We must remember...

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined...

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Kate Millett: If only no...

Kate Millett: If only no...

If only no one had told them I was mad. Then I wouldn't be.

Source: The Loony-Bin...

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Maya Angelou: There is no...

Maya Angelou: There is no...

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.

Source: From a...

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Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Eileen Caddy: Expect your every...

Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level . ....

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Susan Sontag: It is the...

Susan Sontag: It is the...

It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is...

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Judith Martin: Honesty has come...

Judith Martin: Honesty has come...

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting...

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Rebecca West: I wonder if...

Rebecca West: I wonder if...

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we...

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June Jordan: As a poet...

June Jordan: As a poet...

As a poet and writer, I deeply love and I deeply hate words. I love the infinite evidence and change and requirements...

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Anne Frank: Think of all...

Anne Frank: Think of all...

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Source: Diary of a...

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Toni Morrison: The ability of...

Toni Morrison: The ability of...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the...

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Tillie Olsen: And when is...

Tillie Olsen: And when is...

And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

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Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Susan Warner: Well, we're all...

Well, we're all somebody, of course, in one sense. Of course we're not nobody.''
I am not so sure what you think...

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Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

Elizabeth Kenny: As a girl...

As a girl my temper often got out of bounds. But one day when I became angry at a friend over some trivial matter, my...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: Prize-fighting is still...

Edith Clara Summerskill: Prize-fighting is still...

Prize-fighting is still accepted as a display worthy of a civilized people despite the fact that all those connected...

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Marguerite de Valois: A woman of...

Marguerite de Valois: A woman of...

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

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Nancy Astor: I used to...

Nancy Astor: I used to...

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that...

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Margaret Walker: Now when you...

Margaret Walker: Now when you...

Now when you hates you shrinks up inside and gets littler and you squeezes your heart tight and you stays so mad...

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Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything,...

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