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George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

George Eliot: The scornful nostril...

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of...

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Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

Mary McCarthy: I am putting...

I am putting real plums into an imaginary cake.

Source: On The Group,, her 1963...

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Gloria Naylor: His entire life...

Gloria Naylor: His entire life...

His entire life was becoming a race against the natural -- and he was winning.

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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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Willa Cather: Give the people...

Willa Cather: Give the people...

Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.

Source: On Writing,...

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Willa Cather: What was any...

Willa Cather: What was any...

What was any art but an effort to make a sheath, a mold in which to imprison for a moment the shining, elusive element...

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Patricia McKillip: Content, it dreams...

Patricia McKillip: Content, it dreams...

Content, it dreams awake, and spins the fabric of tales. There is really nothing to be done with such imagery except...

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Jean Stafford: (My bounded brain...

Jean Stafford: (My bounded brain...

(My bounded brain was as) unalterable as a ball.

Source: In ...As One Mad With...

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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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Clara Barton: I may be...

Clara Barton: I may be...

I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed...

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Elizabeth Blackwell: It is not...

Elizabeth Blackwell: It is not...

It is not easy to be a pioneer -- but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for...

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Estelle Ramey: . ....

Estelle Ramey: . ....

. . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Maxine Hong Kingston: Before we can...

Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade...

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Barbara De Angelis: Love is a...

Barbara De Angelis: Love is a...

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful...

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Jessamyn West: A broken bone...

Jessamyn West: A broken bone...

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Source: The...

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Mary McCarthy: The happy ending...

Mary McCarthy: The happy ending...

The happy ending is our national belief.

Source: On the Contrary, pt. 1, America...

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Gloria Naylor: Not only is...

Gloria Naylor: Not only is...

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a...

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Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Gloria Naylor: Time's passage through...

Time's passage through the memory is like molten glass that can be opaque or crystallize at any given moment at will:...

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Fawn M Brodie: Housework is a...

Fawn M Brodie: Housework is a...

Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like...

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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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