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Nella Larsen: Why couldn't she...

Nella Larsen: Why couldn't she...

Why couldn't she have two lives, or why couldn't she be satisfied in one place?

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George Eliot: It seems to...

George Eliot: It seems to...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we...

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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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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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Rose Kennedy: Life isn't a...

Rose Kennedy: Life isn't a...

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

Sylvia Pankhurst: I have gone...

I have gone to war too . . . I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you...

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Ellen Key: When one paints...

Ellen Key: When one paints...

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Source: The...

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Margaret Anderson: It is rarely...

Margaret Anderson: It is rarely...

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

Source: In...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: Lawyers [are] operators...

Jane Bryant Quinn: Lawyers [are] operators...

Lawyers [are] operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to...

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Meg Greenfield: Everybody's for democracy...

Meg Greenfield: Everybody's for democracy...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff...

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Janet Flanner: The stench of...

Janet Flanner: The stench of...

The stench of human wreckage in which the Nazi regime finally sank down to defeat has been the most shocking fact of...

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Helen Rowland: Before marriage, a...

Helen Rowland: Before marriage, a...

Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Why do progress...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Why do progress...

Why do progress and beauty have to be so opposed?

Source: Hour of Glory, Hour of...

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Gail Sheehy: The delights of...

Gail Sheehy: The delights of...

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Dorothy Thompson: Only when we...

Dorothy Thompson: Only when we...

Only when we are no longer afraid do we being to live.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Margaret Bourke-White: Usually I object...

Margaret Bourke-White: Usually I object...

Usually I object when someone makes overmuch of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of...

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Rosa Luxemburg: Victory or defeat?...

Rosa Luxemburg: Victory or defeat?...

Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. . . . And yet, what can...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One cannot collect...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One cannot collect...

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only when a...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only when a...

Only when a tree has fallen can you take a measure of it. It is the same with a man.

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Peggy Noonan: A speech is...

Peggy Noonan: A speech is...

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to...

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