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Ninon de Lenclos: It is strange...

Ninon de Lenclos: It is strange...

It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is...

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Nancy Astor: I can conceive...

Nancy Astor: I can conceive...

I can conceive of nothing worse than a man-governed world -- except a woman-governed...

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June Singer: The first half...

June Singer: The first half...

The first half of life is spent mainly in finding out who we are through seeing ourselves in our interaction with...

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Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Dorothy L Sayers: Those who make...

Those who make some other person their job . . . are dangerous.

Source: In The...

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Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Source: The Heat of the...

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Jessamyn West: A broken bone...

Jessamyn West: A broken bone...

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Source: The...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade...

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Judith Viorst: Brevity may be...

Judith Viorst: Brevity may be...

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying I love you.

Source:...

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Anne Bronte: But he that...

Anne Bronte: But he that...

But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.


Source: The...

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Anne Bronte: I would not...

Anne Bronte: I would not...

I would not send a poor girl into the world, . . . ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and...

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Anne Bronte: There is always...

Anne Bronte: There is always...

There is always a but in this imperfect world.

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,...

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Anne Tyler: My family can...

Anne Tyler: My family can...

My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy.

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Anne Tyler: I didn't really...

Anne Tyler: I didn't really...

I didn't really choose to be a writer; I more or less fell into it.

Source: A...

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Janet Frame: [V]ery often the...

Janet Frame: [V]ery often the...

[V]ery often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance. . . .

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Zelda Fitzgerald: By the time...

Zelda Fitzgerald: By the time...

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long...

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Susan Warner: Many a bit...

Susan Warner: Many a bit...

Many a bit we passed in our ignorance, in the days when we could see no metal but what glittered on the surface . ....

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Anne Rice: The truth is,...

Anne Rice: The truth is,...

The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly...

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Betty Smith: Forgiveness is a...

Betty Smith: Forgiveness is a...

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Source: In Readers'...

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George Eliot: Tis God gives...

George Eliot: Tis God gives...

'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without...

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Alexandra Ripley: Should-haves solve nothing....

Alexandra Ripley: Should-haves solve nothing....

Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.

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