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Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

Djuna Barnes: The priceless galaxy...

The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind . . .

Source: In Webster's...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: The mind wears...

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

Source: In...

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Jane Austen: Those who do...

Jane Austen: Those who do...

Those who do not complain are never pitied.

Source: Pride & Prejudice, 1813.
--...

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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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Elizabeth Bowen: Fate is not...

Elizabeth Bowen: Fate is not...

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

Source: The House in Paris, 1936
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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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Erica Jong: I went for...

Erica Jong: I went for...

I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. . . . I had...

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E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

E L Konigsburg: Often the search...

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.

Source: The Mixed-Up Files...

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Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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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George Sand: Try to keep...

George Sand: Try to keep...

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life...

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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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Judith Krantz: It's that or...

Judith Krantz: It's that or...

It's that or get fat again, she told herself, as she . . . searched the windows for new merchandise. The thrill was in...

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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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Elizabeth Dole: My objective as...

Elizabeth Dole: My objective as...

My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to...

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Helen Keller: One can never...

Helen Keller: One can never...

One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar.

Source: The...

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Helen Keller: There is plenty...

Helen Keller: There is plenty...

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

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Helen Keller: A child ....

Helen Keller: A child ....

A child . . . must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to...

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Diane Sawyer: Whatever you want...

Diane Sawyer: Whatever you want...

Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that...

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