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Elizabeth Coatsworth: Only of one...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: Only of one...

Only of one thing I am sure:
when I dream
I am always ageless.


Source:...

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Elizabeth Coatsworth: Outwardly I am...

Elizabeth Coatsworth: Outwardly I am...

Outwardly I am 83, but inwardly I am every age, with the emotions and experience of each...

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Joanna Baillie: I wish I...

Joanna Baillie: I wish I...

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about...

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Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Adrienne Rich: Pride is a...

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Source: Blood, Bread and Poetry,...

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Rita Dove: What's invisible<br>sings, and...

Rita Dove: What's invisible
sings, and...

What's invisible
sings, and we bear witness.


Source: The Hill Has Something to...

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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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Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

Caroline Sheridan Norton: They serve God...

They serve God well, who serve his creatures.

Source: The Lady of LaGaraye,...

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Maureen Duffy: The pain of...

Maureen Duffy: The pain of...

The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It's a perpetual wound.

Source:...

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Elizabeth Ashley: I see the...

Elizabeth Ashley: I see the...

I see the mind of the 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and...

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Debra Winger: I make decisions...

Debra Winger: I make decisions...

I make decisions for my life, not the other way around. Besides, when you have a kid, you must weigh everything...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Career is too...

Barbara Stanwyck: Career is too...

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love...

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Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Jacqueline Bisset: Success as a...

Success as a woman has changed me. That's what I feel is the first thing. When I feel like a successful woman as a...

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Geraldine Chaplin: If you make...

Geraldine Chaplin: If you make...

If you make films, you're changing rhythm the whole time. You go from a quiet life to an absolutely turbulent life...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: Real life seems...

Real life seems to have no plot.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Kathleen Norris: Just the knowledge...

Kathleen Norris: Just the knowledge...

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day...

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Betty Smith: I wrote about...

Betty Smith: I wrote about...

I wrote about people who liked, fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in...

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Jean Ingelow: It is not...

Jean Ingelow: It is not...

It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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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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Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Nella Larsen: Lies, injustice, and...

Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective...

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