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Mary Pettibone Poole: He who laughs,...

Mary Pettibone Poole: He who laughs,...

He who laughs, lasts.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said, ed. Robert...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: There are no...

Mary Pettibone Poole: There are no...

There are no old people nowadays; they are either 'wonderful for their age' or dead.

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Diane Trilling: Touch a university...

Diane Trilling: Touch a university...

Touch a university with hostile hands and the blood you draw is prompt, copious, and real.

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Susan Sontag: AIDS occupies such...

Susan Sontag: AIDS occupies such...

AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very...

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Amelia Barr: There are no...

Amelia Barr: There are no...

There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if...

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Judith Martin: It is far...

Judith Martin: It is far...

It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.

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Mary Pettibone Poole: You can keep...

Mary Pettibone Poole: You can keep...

You can keep your friends by not giving them away.

Source: A Glass Eye at a...

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Rebecca West: If the whole...

Rebecca West: If the whole...

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: For your born...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: For your born...

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right...

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Anya Seton: There are many...

Anya Seton: There are many...

There are many trails up the mountain, but in time they all reach the top.

Source:...

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Gail Sheehy: Over the next...

Gail Sheehy: Over the next...

Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.

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Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Carry Nation: Men are nicotine...

Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.

Source:...

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Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: No man chooses...

Mary Shelly Wollstonecraft: No man chooses...

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness.

Source:...

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Beatrix Potter: Don't go into...

Beatrix Potter: Don't go into...

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs....

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Margot Asquith: It is easier...

Margot Asquith: It is easier...

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

Source: More or Less...

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Annie Dillard: The sense impressions...

Annie Dillard: The sense impressions...

The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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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Margaret Walker: My grandmothers are...

Margaret Walker: My grandmothers are...

My grandmothers are full of memories
Smelling of soap and onions and wet clay
With veins rolling roughly over...

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Margaret Walker: Friends and good...

Margaret Walker: Friends and good...

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Source: Ji`bilee,...

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