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Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

Nancy Mitford: I love children,...

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

Madeleine L'Engle: A life lived...

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter's garret in...

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George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

George Eliot: Breed is stronger...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Source:
-- George Eliot, (Nov 22 1819-1880),...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: There are no...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: There are no...

There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn...

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Barbara De Angelis: Men are just...

Barbara De Angelis: Men are just...

Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.

Source:...

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Pearl Buck: Inside myself is...

Pearl Buck: Inside myself is...

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that's where you renew your springs that never dry...

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Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Source: The Heat of the...

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Maya Angelou: There's a world...

Maya Angelou: There's a world...

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

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Barbara Sher: You must go...

Barbara Sher: You must go...

You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has...

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Susan Sontag: A family's photograph...

Susan Sontag: A family's photograph...

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family -- and, often, is all that remains of...

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Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Susan Sontag: Camp is a...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style but a particular style. It is the love of the...

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Susan Sontag: A fiction about...

Susan Sontag: A fiction about...

A fiction about soft or easy deaths. . . is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or...

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Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Julia Ward Howe: Mine eyes have...

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are...

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Ellen Key: At every step...

Ellen Key: At every step...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from...

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Linda Ellerbee: When the anchorman...

Linda Ellerbee: When the anchorman...

When the anchorman is wearing a colonel's uniform, it tells you something.

Source:...

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Sheilah Graham: You just never...

Sheilah Graham: You just never...

You just never know when you're going into eternity.

Source: In The New Quotable...

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Marge Piercy: The pitcher cries...

Marge Piercy: The pitcher cries...

The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

Source:...

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Helen Rowland: A fool and...

Helen Rowland: A fool and...

A fool and her money are soon courted.

Source: A Guide to Men, First Interlude ...

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Helen Rowland: A good woman...

Helen Rowland: A good woman...

A good woman is known by what she does; a good man by what he doesn't.

Source: In...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: I believe that...

I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself...

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