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Margaret Walker: Let a new...

Margaret Walker: Let a new...

Let a new earth rise. Let another
world be born. Let a bloody
peace be written in the sky.
Let a second...

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Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

Dorothy L Sayers: A continual atmosphere...

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and...

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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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Anna Sewell: There is no...

Anna Sewell: There is no...

There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not...

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Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Anne Rice: Very few beings...

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to...

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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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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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Djuna Barnes: An image is...

Djuna Barnes: An image is...

An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.

Source: Nightwood,...

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Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

Anne Tyler: While armchair travelers...

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.

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Anne Tyler: It seems to...

Anne Tyler: It seems to...

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a...

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Gayl Jones: When you tell...

Gayl Jones: When you tell...

When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human...

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Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

Rita Mae Brown: A peacefulness follows...

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

Source: Sudden Death
--...

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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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Gloria Naylor: The last time...

Gloria Naylor: The last time...

The last time you're doing something -- knowing you're doing it for the last -- makes it even more alive than the...

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Michelle Obama: One of the...

Michelle Obama: One of the...

One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says...

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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: 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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May Sarton: Don't forget that...

May Sarton: Don't forget that...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness,...

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Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

Zora Neale Hurston: When a man...

When a man keeps beating me to the draw mentally, he begins to get glamorous.

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