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Isak Dinesen: God made the...

Isak Dinesen: God made the...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.

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George Eliot: It is seldom...

George Eliot: It is seldom...

It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are...

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Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the...

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Frances Perkins: In America, public...

Frances Perkins: In America, public...

In America, public opinion is the leader.

Source: People at Work, Sec. I,...

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Flannery O'Connor: Everywhere I go...

Flannery O'Connor: Everywhere I go...

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of...

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Alice Walker: Helped are those...

Alice Walker: Helped are those...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a...

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Jessamyn West: Memory is a...

Jessamyn West: Memory is a...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to...

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Agatha Christie: I've always believed...

Agatha Christie: I've always believed...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each...

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Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

Maria Edgeworth: When one illusion...

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I...

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Annie Dillard: I woke at...

Annie Dillard: I woke at...

I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Youth is not...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Youth is not...

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

Source: Samples...

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Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Erica Jong: Growing up female...

Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice...

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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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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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Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes two...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes two...

It takes two flints to make a fire.

Source: Little Women, 1868.
-- Louisa May...

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Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Margaret Halsey: Some persons talk...

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

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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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Anne Sophie Swetchine: In order to...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: In order to...

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A...

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