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Anne Bronte: But he that...

Anne Bronte: But he that...

But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.


Source: The...

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Anne Bronte: I would not...

Anne Bronte: I would not...

I would not send a poor girl into the world, . . . ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and...

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Willa Cather: Art should simplify....

Willa Cather: Art should simplify....

Art should simplify. That is very nearly the whole of the higher artistic process; finding what conventions of form...

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Willa Cather: I tell you...

Willa Cather: I tell you...

I tell you there is such a thing as creative hate.

Source: The Song of the Lark,...

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Judy Blume: No place has...

Judy Blume: No place has...

No place has delicatessen like New York.

Source: Are You There, God? It's Me,...

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: Travel is the...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: Travel is the...

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

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Anne Sophie Swetchine: There are words...

Anne Sophie Swetchine: There are words...

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them...

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Elizabeth Bowen: I suppose art...

Elizabeth Bowen: I suppose art...

I suppose art is the only thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.

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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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Annie Dillard: I woke at...

Annie Dillard: I woke at...

I woke at intervals until . . . the intervals of waking tipped the scales, and I was more often awake than...

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Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Gertrude Stein: Native always means...

Native always means people who belong somewhere else, because they had once belonged somewhere. That shows that the...

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Natalie Clifford Barney: Time engraves our...

Natalie Clifford Barney: Time engraves our...

Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.

Source: Quoted in:...

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Agatha Christie: The best time...

Agatha Christie: The best time...

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Source: In An...

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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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Dorothy Gilman: She felt again...

Dorothy Gilman: She felt again...

She felt again that small shiver that occurred to her when events hinted at a destiny being played out, of unseen...

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Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Etty Hillesum: Greed probably figures...

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with...

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Annie Dillard: You can't test...

Annie Dillard: You can't test...

You can't test courage cautiously.

Source: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, ch. 6,...

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Anais Nin: Dreams pass into...

Anais Nin: Dreams pass into...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the...

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Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

Iris Murdoch: A bad review...

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

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Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade...

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