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Mary Martha Sherwood: Where the habits...

Mary Martha Sherwood: Where the habits...

Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state. ....

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Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

Dorothy Gilman: If something anticipated...

If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel -- nothing at...

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Elizabeth Blackwell: If society will...

Elizabeth Blackwell: If society will...

If society will not admit of woman's free development, then society must be remodeled.

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Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and...

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Angela Carter: There are lots...

Angela Carter: There are lots...

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose...

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Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

Gayl Jones: My great-grandmama told...

My great-grandmama told my grandmama . . . and my grandmama told my mama what they both lived through and my mama told...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Source:
-- Madeleine L'Engle,...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

Martha Wright Griffiths: It is a...

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not...

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Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality...

Nancy Astor: My vigor, vitality...

My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

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Ethel Merman: Always give them...

Ethel Merman: Always give them...

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.

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Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

Nancy Reagan: A woman is...

A woman is like a tea bag -- you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot...

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Emily Carr: Twenty can't be...

Emily Carr: Twenty can't be...

Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love...

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Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Elsa Schiaparelli: Women dress alike...

Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

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Coco Chanel: Material things aside,...

Coco Chanel: Material things aside,...

Material things aside, we need no advice but approval.

Source: Coco Chanel: Her...

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Rita Dove: Here's a riddle...

Rita Dove: Here's a riddle...

Here's a riddle for Our Age: when the sky's the limit, how can you tell you've gone too...

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Sara Teasdale: It is my...

Sara Teasdale: It is my...

It is my heart that makes my songs, not I.

Source: What Do I Care?, Flame and...

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Louise Erdrich: I was in...

Louise Erdrich: I was in...

I was in love with the whole world and all that lived in its rainy arms.

Source: In...

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Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Louise A Bogan: Because language is...

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a...

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Vita Sackville-West: There are no...

Vita Sackville-West: There are no...

There are no signposts in the sea.

Source: No Signposts in the Sea, 1961.
--...

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Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Tallulah Bankhead: Nobody can be...

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Source: In...

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