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Isak Dinesen: God made the...

Isak Dinesen: God made the...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.

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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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Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody gets so...

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

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Alice Walker: People tend to...

Alice Walker: People tend to...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only...

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Ariel Durant: Only a fool...

Ariel Durant: Only a fool...

Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We...

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Helene Deutsch: It is no...

Helene Deutsch: It is no...

It is no exaggeration to say that among all living creatures, only man, because of his prehensile appendages, is...

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Martha Carey Thomas: One thing I...

Martha Carey Thomas: One thing I...

One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning...

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Sylvia Ashton-Warner: God, the illogic!...

Sylvia Ashton-Warner: God, the illogic!...

God, the illogic! The impossibility of communication in this house. The sheer operation alone of getting something...

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Marjorie Rosen: Movies have always...

Marjorie Rosen: Movies have always...

Movies have always been a form of popular culture that altered the way women looked at the world and reflected how men...

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Elizabeth Bowen: All your youth...

Elizabeth Bowen: All your youth...

All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are...

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Jessamyn West: A taste for...

Jessamyn West: A taste for...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke...

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Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

Agatha Christie: An archaeologist is...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in...

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Agatha Christie: We owe most...

Agatha Christie: We owe most...

We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness-either enforced or...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.

Source: Balloons,...

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Margery Allingham: Chemists employed by...

Margery Allingham: Chemists employed by...

Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can . . . weave it into a rope to hang a...

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Mary Webb: When you dwell...

Mary Webb: When you dwell...

When you dwell in a house you mislike, you will look out of a window a deal more than those that are content with...

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Vicki Baum: You don't get...

Vicki Baum: You don't get...

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

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Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

Emily Bronte: I'll walk where...

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading-
It vexes me to choose another guide.


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Jean Rhys: Age seldom arrives...

Jean Rhys: Age seldom arrives...

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.

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Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

Fay Weldon: The New Women!...

The New Women! I could barely recognize them as being of the same sex as myself . . . .They are satiated by...

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