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Helen Keller: Not the senses...

Helen Keller: Not the senses...

Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.

Source: In The...

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Harriet Van Horne: Closing these two...

Harriet Van Horne: Closing these two...

Closing these two books, a reader senses that Joan Crawford, idol of an age, would have made an exemplary prison...

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Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Sarah Ban Breathnach: Let's choose today...

Let's choose today to quench our thirst for the good life we thinks others lead by acknowledging the good that already...

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Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

I truly believe that women of my generation can bring a new cleansing element to American public...

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Anne Frank: I don't believe...

Anne Frank: I don't believe...

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little...

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Queen Victoria: Men never think,...

Queen Victoria: Men never think,...

Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God's will...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: You may be...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: You may be...

You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a...

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Jane Austen: There is nothing...

Jane Austen: There is nothing...

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

Source: In The Harper Book...

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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.

Source: The...

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Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kate Seredy: Kill the snake...

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your...

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Edna Ferber: Big doesn't necessarily...

Edna Ferber: Big doesn't necessarily...

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Source:...

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Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Toni Morrison: Bit by bit...

Bit by bit . . . she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was...

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Fay Weldon: Worry less about...

Fay Weldon: Worry less about...

Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about...

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Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

Madeleine L'Engle: The naked intellect...

The naked intellect is an extraordinary inaccurate instrument.

Source: A Wind in...

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Marguerite Duras: No other human...

Marguerite Duras: No other human...

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the...

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Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Eudora Welty: Writers and travelers...

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

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Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Rita Rudner: Most turkeys taste...

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

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