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Bernadette Devlin: It wasn't long...

Bernadette Devlin: It wasn't long...

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into...

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Jennie Jerome Churchill: You seem to...

Jennie Jerome Churchill: You seem to...

You seem to have no real purpose in life and won't realize at the age of twenty-two that for a man life means work,...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Love never dies...

Ninon de Lenclos: Love never dies...

Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.

Source: L'Esprit des...

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Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Nancy Astor: Women have got...

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for...

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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: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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Jessamyn West: Talent is helpful...

Jessamyn West: Talent is helpful...

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Source: In Words...

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Margery Allingham: He did not...

Margery Allingham: He did not...

He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash...

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George Eliot: The responsibility of...

George Eliot: The responsibility of...

The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.

Source: In...

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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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Jane Rule: I believe only...

Jane Rule: I believe only...

I believe only in art and failure.

Source: This is Not for You, 1970.
-- Jane...

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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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Marguerite Duras: I see journalists...

Marguerite Duras: I see journalists...

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is...

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Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Marguerite Duras: Acting doesn't bring...

Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

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Freda Adler: The passionate controversies...

Freda Adler: The passionate controversies...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: Provoking, isn't it?...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: Provoking, isn't it?...

Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.

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Toni Morrison: And like any...

Toni Morrison: And like any...

And like any artist with no art form, she became dangerous.

Source: Sula,...

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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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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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