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Dorothy Parker: She was always...

Dorothy Parker: She was always...

She was always pleased to have him come and
never sorry to see him go.


Source:...

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Dorothy Parker: Then if my...

Dorothy Parker: Then if my...

Then if my friendships break and bend,
There's little need to cry
The while I know that every foe
Is faithful...

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Rose Kennedy: I've had an...

Rose Kennedy: I've had an...

I've had an exciting life; I married for love and got a little money along with it.

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Irene Thomas: I had a...

Irene Thomas: I had a...

I had a friend with a BYRon (297) telephone number; it's the old London exchanges, killed by the Postmaster...

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Patricia Fripp: The day that...

Patricia Fripp: The day that...

The day that you discover that you are in charge of your life is the day you turn your life...

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Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

Laura Ingalls Wilder: I believe we...

I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and...

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Eileen Caddy: Gratitude helps you...

Eileen Caddy: Gratitude helps you...

Gratitude helps you to grow and expands; gratitude brings you and laughter into your life and into the lives of all...

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Amelia Barr: . . ....

Amelia Barr: . . ....

. . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life;...

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Judith Martin: The dinner table...

Judith Martin: The dinner table...

The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners but of conversation,...

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Alice James: Though I have...

Alice James: Though I have...

Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.

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Margaret Anderson: Intellectuals are too...

Margaret Anderson: Intellectuals are too...

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Source: The Strange Necessity, pt. 1,...

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Abigail Van Buren: The less you...

Abigail Van Buren: The less you...

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a...

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Joan Konner: Journalism has always...

Joan Konner: Journalism has always...

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution...

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Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Alice Duer Miller: Men are too...

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . ....

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Rita Dove: We tend to...

Rita Dove: We tend to...

We tend to be so bombarded with information. . . This is antithetical to the kind of openness and perception you have...

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Mari Evans: I'm<br>gonna spread out<br>over...

Mari Evans: I'm
gonna spread out
over...

I'm
gonna spread out
over America
intrude
my proud blackness
all
over the...

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Paula Gunn Allen: For the American...

Paula Gunn Allen: For the American...

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things...

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Vera Brittain: I can think...

Vera Brittain: I can think...

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an...

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Vera Brittain: I thought that...

Vera Brittain: I thought that...

I thought that spring must last forevermore
For I was young and loved, and it was May.


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