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Clara McBride Hale: Until I die,...

Clara McBride Hale: Until I die,...

Until I die, I'm going to keep doing. My people need me. They need somebody that's not taking from them and is...

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Marian Wright Edelman: No one, Eleanor...

Marian Wright Edelman: No one, Eleanor...

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give...

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Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Marion Woodman: Without an understanding...

Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and...

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Mary Pettibone Poole: He who laughs,...

Mary Pettibone Poole: He who laughs,...

He who laughs, lasts.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said, ed. Robert...

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Anita Brookner: You never know...

Anita Brookner: You never know...

You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew...

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Anita Brookner: A man of...

Anita Brookner: A man of...

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

Source: Rachel, referring...

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Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

Eileen Caddy: When you feel...

When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems to be drained of...

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Susan Sontag: A large part...

Susan Sontag: A large part...

A large part of the popularity and persuasiveness of psychology comes from its being a sublimated spiritualism: a...

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Rebecca West: Journalism - an...

Rebecca West: Journalism - an...

Journalism - an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.

Source: The New...

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Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Amelia Barr: Let me tell...

Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that He only gives it to us moment by moment. He...

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Amelia Barr: Old age is...

Amelia Barr: Old age is...

Old age is the verdict of life.

Source: All the Days of My Life, ch. 26,...

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Eileen Caddy: Seek always for...

Eileen Caddy: Seek always for...

Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their...

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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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Emma Goldman: Methods and means...

Emma Goldman: Methods and means...

Methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim.

Source: My Further...

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Kate Millett: Many women do...

Kate Millett: Many women do...

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of...

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Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Life is the first gift, love the second, and understanding the third.

Source: In...

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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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Florence King: Owning your own...

Florence King: Owning your own...

Owning your own home is America's unique recipe for avoiding revolution and promoting pseudo-equality at the same...

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Helen Keller: I am only...

Helen Keller: I am only...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do...

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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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