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Susan Warner: He who serves...

Susan Warner: He who serves...

He who serves God with what costs him nothing, will do very little service, you may depend on...

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Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

Jean Ingelow: You Moon! Have...

You Moon! Have you done something wrong in heaven,
That God has hidden your face?


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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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Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Toni Morrison: Her mind traveled...

Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the...

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Madeleine L'Engle: I didn't mean...

Madeleine L'Engle: I didn't mean...

I didn't mean to give you the impression that life at the cathedral is like Barchester Towers, as written by...

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Patricia Meyer Spacks: Poring over fragments...

Patricia Meyer Spacks: Poring over fragments...

Poring over fragments of other people's lives, peering into their bedrooms when they don't know we're there, we thrill...

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Ayn Rand: There are two...

Ayn Rand: There are two...

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always...

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George Sand: Simplicity is the...

George Sand: Simplicity is the...

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort...

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Ellen Glasgow: No matter how...

Ellen Glasgow: No matter how...

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether...

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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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Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Jane Austen: Everybody has their...

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.

Source: In 2,715...

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Ann Plato: A good education...

Ann Plato: A good education...

A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation...

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Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

Djuna Barnes: A strong sense...

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the...

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Annie Dillard: There is no...

Annie Dillard: There is no...

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.

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Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Erica Jong: Writing is one...

Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really...

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Marian Anderson: You lose a...

Marian Anderson: You lose a...

You lose a lot of time hating people.

Source: In The New York Times, 18 Apr...

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Janis Joplin: Audiences like their...

Janis Joplin: Audiences like their...

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Source: In Woman's Almanac, by...

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Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

Pearl Bailey: There's a period...

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour...

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Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Dinah Shore: Bing Crosby sings...

Bing Crosby sings like all people think they sing in the shower.

Source: In...

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