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Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

Georgie Anne Geyer: I truly believe...

I truly believe that women of my generation can bring a new cleansing element to American public...

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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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Nancy Mitford: I have only...

Nancy Mitford: I have only...

I have only read one book in my life and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read...

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Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Barbara Kingsolver: Sometimes the strength...

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Source: In The...

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Barbara Kingsolver: It's surprising how...

Barbara Kingsolver: It's surprising how...

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

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Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a...

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George Eliot: The poverty of...

George Eliot: The poverty of...

The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world's resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: When you cease...

Eleanor Roosevelt: When you cease...

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Source: letter to Mr....

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Michelle Obama: For me, becoming...

Michelle Obama: For me, becoming...

For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a...

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Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Marie Antoinette: Courage! I have...

Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to...

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Elizabeth II: I have to...

Elizabeth II: I have to...

I have to be seen to be believed.

Source: In The Wall Street Journal, 21 Apr...

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Ninon de Lenclos: A man is...

Ninon de Lenclos: A man is...

A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.

Source: In...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Fatalism is the...

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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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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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Irony is the...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Irony is the...

Irony is the hygiene of the mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Katherine Paterson: To fear is...

Katherine Paterson: To fear is...

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

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Margery Allingham: When one kicks...

Margery Allingham: When one kicks...

When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that up and drop it on...

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Margaret Mitchell: My pet, the...

Margaret Mitchell: My pet, the...

My pet, the world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own...

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Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

Margaret Atwood: A voice is...

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and...

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Janet Frame: It would be...

Janet Frame: It would be...

It would be nice to travel if you knew where you were going and where you would live at the end or do we ever know, do...

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