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Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

Pearl Buck: I am comforted...

I am comforted by life's stability, by earth's unchangeableness. What has seemed new and frightening assumes its place...

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Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

Natalia Ginzburg: When I write...

When I write stories I am like someone who is in her own country, walking along streets that she has known since she...

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Elizabeth Bowen: Art is the...

Elizabeth Bowen: Art is the...

Art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

Source:...

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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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Nora Ephron: I always read...

Nora Ephron: I always read...

I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: If you have...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: If you have...

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

Source: Aph, 1905.
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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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Bernadette Devlin: To gain that...

Bernadette Devlin: To gain that...

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.

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Ann Richards: There is a...

Ann Richards: There is a...

There is a lot more to life than just struggling to make money.

Source: CBS -...

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Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

Marguerite Duras: For that's what...

For that's what a woman, a mother wants -- to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it's safer for...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Time . ....

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Time . ....

Time . . . is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And...

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Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

She could not separate success from peace of mind. The two must go together.

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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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George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

George Eliot: Our deeds determine...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Source: Adam Bede,...

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Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

Linda Ronstadt: We were raised...

We were raised with the idea that we had limitless chances and we got very shocked to learn that wasn't the...

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Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Marie Lloyd: Oh, mister porter,...

Oh, mister porter, what shall I do?
I wanted to go to Birmingham, but they've carried me on to...

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Fanny Brice: When love is...

Fanny Brice: When love is...

When love is out of your life, you're through in a way. Because while it is there it's like a motor that's going, you...

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Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

Sharon Stone: We Barbie dolls...

We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Katharine Hepburn: It'd be a...

Katharine Hepburn: It'd be a...

It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next...

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Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

Whoopi Goldberg: I am an...

I am an artist, art has no color and no sex.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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