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Taylor Caldwell: He that hath...

Taylor Caldwell: He that hath...

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without...

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Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

Margaret Atwood: The Eskimo has...

The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for...

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Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once...

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Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat.

Source: Doctor, in...

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Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

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Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.

Source: The Song of...

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Angela Carter: I think the...

Angela Carter: I think the...

I think the adjective post-modernist really means mannerist. Books about books is fun but...

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M F K Fisher: Central heating, French...

M F K Fisher: Central heating, French...

Central heating, French rubber goods, and cookbooks are three amazing proofs of man's ingenuity in transforming...

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Mary Steichen Calderone: We are still...

Mary Steichen Calderone: We are still...

We are still a sexophobic society, afraid of the wrong things for the wrong reasons.

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Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

Estelle Ramey: I don't mind...

I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the...

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Carolyn Wells: Of two evils...

Carolyn Wells: Of two evils...

Of two evils choose the prettier.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Betty Ford: It's always been...

Betty Ford: It's always been...

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't...

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Eleanor Roosevelt: When you cease...

Eleanor Roosevelt: When you cease...

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Source: letter to Mr....

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Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

Ninon de Lenclos: A sensible woman...

A sensible woman should be guided by her bead when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a...

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Pearl Buck: Because psychologists have...

Pearl Buck: Because psychologists have...

Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way the human creature...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Blessed are those...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Blessed are those...

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

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Erica Jong: When I was...

Erica Jong: When I was...

When I was a ten-year-old book worm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it...

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Agatha Christie: Where large sums...

Agatha Christie: Where large sums...

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

Source:...

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Maria Edgeworth: The human heart,...

Maria Edgeworth: The human heart,...

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

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Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

Madeleine L'Engle: I believe that...

I believe that each work of art, whether it is a work of great genius, or something very small, comes to the artist...

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