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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

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Tillie Olsen: I know that...

Tillie Olsen: I know that...

I know that I haven't powers enough to divide myself into one who earns and one who...

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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in...

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Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be...

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Anna Julia Cooper: . . ....

Anna Julia Cooper: . . ....

. . . women are more quiet. They don't feel called to mount a barrel and harangue by the hour every time they imagine...

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Gail Godwin: Dreams say what...

Gail Godwin: Dreams say what...

Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.

Source: Dream...

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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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Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Beatrix Potter: Thank God I...

Thank God I have the seeing eye, that is to say, as I lie in bed I can walk step by step on the fells and rough land...

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Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

Dorothy L Sayers: None of us...

None of us feels the true love of God till we realize how wicked we are. But you can't teach people that -- they have...

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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 Webb: Saddle your dreams...

Mary Webb: Saddle your dreams...

Saddle your dreams afore you ride 'ern.

Source: Precious Bane, 1924.
-- Mary...

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Marguerite de Valois: The woman who...

Marguerite de Valois: The woman who...

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her...

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Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Elizabeth II: Work is the...

Work is the rent you pay for the room you occupy on earth.

Source: In Quotable...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life means work,...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: Life means work,...

Life means work, and hard work, if you mean to succeed.

Source:
-- Jennie...

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Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Nadine Gordimer: Responsibility is what...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity

Source: The Essential...

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Daphne DuMaurier: Life and death...

Daphne DuMaurier: Life and death...

Life and death do not wait for legal action.

Source: My Cousin Rachel, 1952.
--...

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Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Louisa May Alcott: Fame is a...

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...

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Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

Gloria Naylor: It's as if...

It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body -- an overwhelming sense of calm . . . I actually...

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