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Susan Sontag: American energy. ....

Susan Sontag: American energy. ....

American energy. . . is the energy of violence, of free-floating resentment and anxiety unleashed by chronic cultural...

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Doris Lilly: Men who wear...

Doris Lilly: Men who wear...

Men who wear turtlenecks look like turtles.

Source: In NY Post, 18 Dec 1967.
--...

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Dorothy Thompson: Fear grows in...

Dorothy Thompson: Fear grows in...

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.

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Isabel Burton: I have no...

Isabel Burton: I have no...

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English # no time to shine...

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Mary Wilson Little: There is no...

Mary Wilson Little: There is no...

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing...

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Marge Piercy: All women hustle....

Marge Piercy: All women hustle....

All women hustle. Women watch faces, voices, gestures, moods . . . She's the person who has to survive through...

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Marsha Sinetar: Change can either...

Marsha Sinetar: Change can either...

Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block...

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Margot Asquith: The first element...

Margot Asquith: The first element...

The first element of greatness is fundamental humbleness (this should not be confused with servility); the second is...

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Gertrude Stein: Americans are very...

Gertrude Stein: Americans are very...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the...

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Agatha Christie: Never do anything...

Agatha Christie: Never do anything...

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

Source:
-- Agatha...

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Kate Seredy: The past lived...

Kate Seredy: The past lived...

The past lived in songs, the present in their flashing swords,and the future in their...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Many a truth...

Many a truth sprang from an error.

Source: Aph, 1905.
-- Marie von...

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Alexandra Ripley: [The publishers] wanted...

Alexandra Ripley: [The publishers] wanted...

[The publishers] wanted some kind of book that lands on the best-seller list again and again. They didn't understand...

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Judith Krantz: Billy thought privately...

Judith Krantz: Billy thought privately...

Billy thought privately that the rich are different only because people treat them as if they were. Sometimes she...

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Betty Smith: I wrote about...

Betty Smith: I wrote about...

I wrote about people who liked, fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in...

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Jean Ingelow: It is not...

Jean Ingelow: It is not...

It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Shirley Hazzard: Do you ever...

Do you ever notice, asked Luisa, how easy it is to forgive a person any number of faults for one endearing...

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Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

Madeleine L'Engle: In the evening...

In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not...

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Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Louisa May Alcott: Father asked us...

Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never...

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George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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