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Rebecca West: There is no...

Rebecca West: There is no...

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital...

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: The world I...

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: The world I...

The world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Writers seldom choose...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Writers seldom choose...

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never...

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Grace Paley: I often see...

Grace Paley: I often see...

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

Source: Enormous Changes...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: A fool bolts...

Minna Thomas Antrim: A fool bolts...

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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Liz Carpenter: I learned in...

Liz Carpenter: I learned in...

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

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Liz Carpenter: I have worked...

Liz Carpenter: I have worked...

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

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Harriet Tubman: We saw the...

Harriet Tubman: We saw the...

We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard...

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Germaine Greer: Our whole lives...

Germaine Greer: Our whole lives...

Our whole lives are lived in a tangle of telling, not telling, misleading, allowing to know, concealing, eavesdropping...

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Dora Russell: We have heeded...

Dora Russell: We have heeded...

We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love...

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Ellen Key: At every step...

Ellen Key: At every step...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from...

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Marie de Sevigne: The desire to...

Marie de Sevigne: The desire to...

The desire to be singular and to astonish by ways out of the common seems to me to be the source of many...

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Anne Frank: If I talk,...

Anne Frank: If I talk,...

If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get...

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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: Never bend your...

Helen Keller: Never bend your...

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

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Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

Rose Kennedy: I looked on...

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and...

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Irene Thomas: I had a...

Irene Thomas: I had a...

I had a friend with a BYRon (297) telephone number; it's the old London exchanges, killed by the Postmaster...

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Julia Child: I think the...

Julia Child: I think the...

I think the inner person is the most important. . . . I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. ...

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Marie de Sevigne: When I step...

Marie de Sevigne: When I step...

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

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Anne Tyler: I've always thought...

Anne Tyler: I've always thought...

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. . . . I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night,...

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