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Erica Jong: I have accepted...

Erica Jong: I have accepted...

I have accepted fear as a part of life -- specifically the fear of change. . . . I have gone ahead despite the...

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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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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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George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

George Eliot: Iteration, like friction,...

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Source:...

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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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Golda Meir: At work, you...

Golda Meir: At work, you...

At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such...

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Mary Robinson: The aim of...

Mary Robinson: The aim of...

The aim of human rights, if I may borrow a term from engineering, is to move beyond the design and drawing-board...

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Mary Robinson: A culture is...

Mary Robinson: A culture is...

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and...

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Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

Marie Antoinette: I have seen...

I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.

Source: Reply to...

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Elizabeth II: I should like...

Elizabeth II: I should like...

I should like to be a horse.

Source: When asked about her ambitions when a child;...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Ninon de Lenclos: Much more genius...

Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies.

Source: In The...

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Toni Morrison: And like any...

Toni Morrison: And like any...

And like any artist with no art form, she became dangerous.

Source: Sula,...

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Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

People who travel are always fugitives.

Source: Frenchman's Creek.
-- Daphne...

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Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

Louisa May Alcott: My definition [of...

My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which...

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George Eliot: The poverty of...

George Eliot: The poverty of...

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in...

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Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

Harper Lee: I'm no idealist...

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it...

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Jane Austen: A single woman...

Jane Austen: A single woman...

A single woman with a narrow income must be a ridiculous old maid, the proper sport of boys and girls; but a single...

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Mary McCarthy: It has to...

Mary McCarthy: It has to...

It has to be acknowledged that in capitalist society, with its herds of hippies, originality has become a sort of...

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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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Judy Blume: Let children read...

Judy Blume: Let children read...

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't...

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