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Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Jane Welsh Carlyle: Blessed be the...

Blessed be the inventor of photography! It has given more positive pleasure to poor suffering humanity than anything...

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Simone de Beauvoir: In the face...

Simone de Beauvoir: In the face...

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: It is no...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: It is no...

It is no virtue to bear calamities if we do not feel them.

Source: In The Last Word...

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Barbara Ehrenreich: A child is...

Barbara Ehrenreich: A child is...

A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you...

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Delphine de Girardin: The best religion...

Delphine de Girardin: The best religion...

The best religion is the most tolerant.

Source: In 21st Century Dictionary of...

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Harriet Lerner: Intimate relationships cannot...

Harriet Lerner: Intimate relationships cannot...

Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan...

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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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Hannah More: One kernel is...

Hannah More: One kernel is...

One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire help to give light to...

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Hannah More: Goals help you...

Hannah More: Goals help you...

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Christina Baldwin: Journal writing is...

Christina Baldwin: Journal writing is...

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Elizabeth Janeway: As long as...

Elizabeth Janeway: As long as...

As long as mixed grills and combination salads are popular, anthologies will undoubtedly continue in...

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Elizabeth Janeway: In this nadir...

Elizabeth Janeway: In this nadir...

In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year's end to the next is what...

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Alice Koller: Being solitary is...

Alice Koller: Being solitary is...

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the...

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Kathryn Hulme: Never forget that...

Kathryn Hulme: Never forget that...

Never forget that [God] tests his real friends more severely than the lukewarm ones.

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Maya Angelou: The quality of...

Maya Angelou: The quality of...

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when...

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Susan Sontag: The best emotions...

Susan Sontag: The best emotions...

The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is...

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Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

Susan Sontag: The basic unit...

The basic unit for contemporary art is not the idea, but the analysis of and extension of...

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Our imaginations seem...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: Our imaginations seem...

Our imaginations seem to have been torn open . . . as by a charge of dynamite.

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Judith Martin: Chaperons, even in...

Judith Martin: Chaperons, even in...

Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force...

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Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

Peace Pilgrim: We can work...

We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by losing...

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