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Kate Seredy: I make money...

Kate Seredy: I make money...

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty...

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Margaret Mitchell: Until you've lost...

Margaret Mitchell: Until you've lost...

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really...

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Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Have you ever thought, when something dreadful happens, a moment ago things were not like this, let it be then, not...

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Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

Nancy Mitford: An aristocracy in...

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in...

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Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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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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George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of...

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George Eliot: It seems to...

George Eliot: It seems to...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we...

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Djuna Barnes: Time is a...

Djuna Barnes: Time is a...

Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg...

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Djuna Barnes: Well, isn't Bohemia...

Djuna Barnes: Well, isn't Bohemia...

Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else -- and must not a waiter be a little less than...

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Anne Tyler: I never think...

Anne Tyler: I never think...

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too...

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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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Barbara De Angelis: The real act...

Barbara De Angelis: The real act...

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make...

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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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Ayn Rand: There are two...

Ayn Rand: There are two...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always...

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Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Fiction is [a form of writing which] reveals truths that reality obscures.

Source:...

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Eva Peron: Without fanaticism we...

Eva Peron: Without fanaticism we...

Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.

Source: In Words of Women...

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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: Vice president --...

Geraldine Ferraro: Vice president --...

Vice president -- it has such a nice ring to it!

Source: Accepting Walter F...

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Ninon de Lenclos: Feminine virtue is...

Ninon de Lenclos: Feminine virtue is...

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

Source: c. 1660,...

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