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Alice Dunbar-Nelson: It's punishment to...

Alice Dunbar-Nelson: It's punishment to...

It's punishment to be compelled to do what one doesn't wish.

Source: Give Us Each...

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Audre Lorde: There are no...

Audre Lorde: There are no...

There are no new ideas still waiting in the wings to save us as women, as human. There are only old and forgotten...

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Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Letitia Landon: No thoroughly occupied...

Letitia Landon: No thoroughly occupied...

No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Maureen Duffy: Love is the...

Maureen Duffy: Love is the...

Love is the only effective counter to death.

Source: Wounds, 1969.
-- Maureen...

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Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

Zora Neale Hurston: No matter how...

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

Source: In...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded-up moment walking in its...

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Wendy Wasserstein: You're the unfortunate...

Wendy Wasserstein: You're the unfortunate...

You're the unfortunate contradiction in terms -- a serious good person.

Source: The...

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Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

Nathalie Sarraute: . . ....

. . . what is hidden beneath the interior monologue: an immense profusion of sensations, images, sentiments, memories,...

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Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

Frances Watkins Harper: There is material...

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Don't wait for ideal circumstances; they will never come; nor for the best opportunities.

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May Swenson: THE DNA MOLECULE<br>THE...

May Swenson: THE DNA MOLECULE
THE...

THE DNA MOLECULE
THE DNA MOLECULE
THE DNA MOLECULE
is The Nude Descending a Staircase
a circular one. See...

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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the...

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Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

Stevie Smith: The Englishwoman is...

The Englishwoman is so refined
She has no bosom and no behind.


Source: This...

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Diane Wakoski: The best young...

Diane Wakoski: The best young...

The best young writers are convinced they need blurbs from famous writers before an editor will even read the first...

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Judy Garland: I've never looked...

Judy Garland: I've never looked...

I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.

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Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Ilka Chase: Among famous traitors...

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

Source: The Varied...

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Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Camille Paglia: Television is actually...

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: She is descended...

Gypsy Rose Lee: She is descended...

She is descended from a long line that her mother listened to.

Source: In An...

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Rita Rudner: My husband gave...

Rita Rudner: My husband gave...

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want...

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