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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Source: La Chamade,...

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Anne Bronte: All true histories...

Anne Bronte: All true histories...

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial...

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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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Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and...

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Muriel Spark: Art and religion...

Muriel Spark: Art and religion...

Art and religion first; then philosophy; lastly science. That is the order of the great subjects of life, that's...

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Carson McCullers: The writer by...

Carson McCullers: The writer by...

The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes...

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Anne Tyler: None of my...

Anne Tyler: None of my...

None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life -- motherhood, middle age,...

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Barbara De Angelis: A man's brain...

Barbara De Angelis: A man's brain...

A man's brain has a more difficult time shifting from thinking to feeling than a women's brain...

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Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: There is an...

Francoise d'Aubigne de Maintenon: There is an...

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the...

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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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Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

Natalie Clifford Barney: It is time...

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

Source: In Adam, no. 299, On Writing and...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: You gain strength,...

Eleanor Roosevelt: You gain strength,...

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You...

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Carol Moseley-Braun: Defining myself, as...

Carol Moseley-Braun: Defining myself, as...

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I...

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Geraldine Ferraro: It was not...

Geraldine Ferraro: It was not...

It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips...

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Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

Geraldine Ferraro: I'd call it...

I'd call it a new version of voodoo economics, but I'm afraid that would give witch doctors a bad...

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Marguerite de Valois: The woman who...

Marguerite de Valois: The woman who...

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her...

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Ninon de Lenclos: We should take...

Ninon de Lenclos: We should take...

We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by...

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Ninon de Lenclos: The joy of...

Ninon de Lenclos: The joy of...

The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.

Source: Correspondence...

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Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

Alberta Hunter: [The musicians] that...

[The musicians] that didn't know music could play the best blues. I know that I don't want no musicians who know all...

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