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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the...

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Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

Jenny Joseph: I shall sit...

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my...

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Alice Duer Miller: Love will not...

Alice Duer Miller: Love will not...

Love will not always linger longest
With those who hold it in too clenched a fist.


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Joanna Baillie: He that will...

Joanna Baillie: He that will...

He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for other's good, is a poor, frozen...

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Lucille Clifton: . . ....

Lucille Clifton: . . ....

. . . even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties, in my definitions, I did...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: Forgotten rimes, and...

Forgotten rimes, and college themes,
Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes;
A mass of heterogeneous matter.
A...

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Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: The most subtle...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: The most subtle...

The most subtle flattery a woman can receive is that conveyed by actions, not by words.

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: Life does not...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: Life does not...

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys...

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Phyllis Battelle: A broken heart...

Phyllis Battelle: A broken heart...

A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and...

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Fran Lebowitz: The 3 questions...

Fran Lebowitz: The 3 questions...

The 3 questions of greatest concern are:, 1) Is it attractive?, 2) Is it amusing?, 3) Does it know its...

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Maria Weston Chapman: Confusion has seized...

Maria Weston Chapman: Confusion has seized...

Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong,
The women have leaped from their spheres,
And, instead of...

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Sojourner Truth: Religion without humanity...

Sojourner Truth: Religion without humanity...

Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

If the white man gives you anything -- just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take...

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Dolores Huerta: We criticize and...

Dolores Huerta: We criticize and...

We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both...

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Anita Brookner: The lessons taught...

Anita Brookner: The lessons taught...

The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely so simple and never so...

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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 family's photograph...

Susan Sontag: A family's photograph...

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family -- and, often, is all that remains of...

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Susan Sontag: Any important disease...

Susan Sontag: Any important disease...

Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in...

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Amelia Barr: . . ....

Amelia Barr: . . ....

. . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life;...

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