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Etty Hillesum: Every day I...

Etty Hillesum: Every day I...

Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes,...

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Barbara De Angelis: Love is a...

Barbara De Angelis: Love is a...

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful...

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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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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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Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

The power that makes the grass grow, fruit ripen, and guides the bird in flight is in us...

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Anne Rice: . . ....

Anne Rice: . . ....

. . . as they die, the ones we love, we lose our witnesses, our watchers, those who know and understand the tiny...

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Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

It's a nervous work. The state that you need to write is the state that others are paying large sums to get rid...

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George Eliot: I like not...

George Eliot: I like not...

I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the...

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Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

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Gail Godwin: Good teaching is...

Gail Godwin: Good teaching is...

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Source: The Odd...

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Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

Lauren Bacall: People should tell...

People should tell your children what life is all about -- it's about work.

Source:...

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Marie Dressler: There is a...

Marie Dressler: There is a...

There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. ...

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Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Jane Seymour: Live each day...

Live each day the fullest you can, not guaranteeing there'll be a tomorrow, not dwelling endlessly on...

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Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

Source: The Varied...

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Joan Baez: Only you and...

Joan Baez: Only you and...

Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in...

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Betty Carter: After me there...

Betty Carter: After me there...

After me there are no more jazz singers . . . It's a crime that no little singer is back there sockin' it to me in my...

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Alice Childress: The twisted circumstances...

Alice Childress: The twisted circumstances...

The twisted circumstances under which we live is grist for the writing mill, the loving, hating and discovering,...

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Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

Alice Childress: It becomes almost...

It becomes almost second nature to be on guard against the creative pattern of our own...

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Sarah Knowles Bolton: Heroic deeds, to...

Sarah Knowles Bolton: Heroic deeds, to...

Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower
Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.


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Rita Dove: Under adversity, under...

Rita Dove: Under adversity, under...

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In colder to convey things...

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