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Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Joanna Baillie: Words of affection,...

Words of affection, howso'er express'd,
The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.


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Audre Lorde: I train myself...

Audre Lorde: I train myself...

I train myself for triumph by knowing it is mine no matter what.

Source: The Cancer...

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Ntozake Shange: Where there is...

Ntozake Shange: Where there is...

Where there is woman there is magic.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Louise Brooks: Most beautiful but...

Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't...

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is nothing...

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

Source: In Pearls of Wisdom, ed. J. Agel...

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Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

Lily Tomlin: I always wondered...

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was...

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Hortense Calisher: A happy childhood...

Hortense Calisher: A happy childhood...

A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a...

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Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead...

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Shirley Conran: You're never too...

Shirley Conran: You're never too...

You're never too old to grow up.

Source: Savages.
-- Shirley Conran, (Sep 21...

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Marge Piercy: It is not...

Marge Piercy: It is not...

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

Source: In Webster's...

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Gail Sheehy: Creativity can be...

Gail Sheehy: Creativity can be...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties.

Source: In Artists in...

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Gail Sheehy: We hear the...

Gail Sheehy: We hear the...

We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any...

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Carry Nation: Who hath sorrow?...

Carry Nation: Who hath sorrow?...

Who hath sorrow? Who hath woe?
They who do not answer no;
They whose feet to sin incline
While they tarry at...

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Harriet Tubman: I looked at...

Harriet Tubman: I looked at...

I looked at my hands, to see if I was de same person now I was free. Dere was such a glory ober eberything, de sun...

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Margaret Fuller: Genius will live...

Margaret Fuller: Genius will live...

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning...

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Charlotte Bunch: Feminism is an...

Charlotte Bunch: Feminism is an...

Feminism is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.

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Kate Millett: The image of...

Kate Millett: The image of...

The image of the woman as we know it is an image created by men and fashioned to suit their...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: People who are...

Mary Pettibone Poole: People who are...

People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.

Source: A...

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Helen Keller: As selfishness and...

Helen Keller: As selfishness and...

As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the...

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Linda Ellerbee: I think laughter...

Linda Ellerbee: I think laughter...

I think laughter may be a form of courage. . . . As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh,...

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