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Barbara Kingsolver: The very least...

Barbara Kingsolver: The very least...

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Madeleine L'Engle: Sometimes idiosyncrasies which...

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has...

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Jessamyn West: If you want...

Jessamyn West: If you want...

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

Source: In The...

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Margery Allingham: I am one...

Margery Allingham: I am one...

I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs...

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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: That's the way...

Madeleine L'Engle: That's the way...

That's the way things come clear. All of the sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all...

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Mary Webb: The well of...

Mary Webb: The well of...

The well of Providence is deep. It's the buckets we bring to it that are small.

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Iris Murdoch: We live in...

Iris Murdoch: We live in...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Source: The Country of the...

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Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man...

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Katherine Anne Porter: Most people won't...

Katherine Anne Porter: Most people won't...

Most people won't realize that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything...

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Lana Turner: The truth is,...

Lana Turner: The truth is,...

The truth is, sex doesn't mean that much to me now.

Source: In An Uncommon Scold,...

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Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

You need to get in touch with your body ... do dance, movement, learn to be supple, or be someone who's coordinated,...

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Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

Gloria Vanderbilt: . . ....

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles,...

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Coco Chanel: Nature gives you...

Coco Chanel: Nature gives you...

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at...

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Georgia O'Keeffe: I get out...

Georgia O'Keeffe: I get out...

I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it -- how good or...

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter: The [commune] movement...

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: The [commune] movement...

The [commune] movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the...

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Joanna Baillie: I wish I...

Joanna Baillie: I wish I...

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about...

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Joanna Baillie: This will be...

Joanna Baillie: This will be...

This will be triumph! this will be happiness! yea, that very thing, happiness, which I have been pursuing all my life,...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: Be glad today,...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: Be glad today,...

Be glad today, tomorrow may bring tears.
Be brave today, the darkest night will pass.
And golden rays will...

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