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Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

Anzia Yezierska: The power that...

The power that makes the grass grow, fruit ripen, and guides the bird in flight is in us...

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Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

Daphne DuMaurier: She could not...

She could not separate success from peace of mind. The two must go together.

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Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Mary Stewart: Have you ever...

Have you ever thought, when something dreadful happens, a moment ago things were not like this, let it be then, not...

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Susan Warner: There is a...

Susan Warner: There is a...

There is a world there, Winthrop, -- another sort of world -- where people know something; where other things are to...

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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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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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Margaret Truman: He took pride...

Margaret Truman: He took pride...

He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate.

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Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Francoise Sagan: Writing is a...

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a...

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Nancy Astor: From the American...

Nancy Astor: From the American...

From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema...

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Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

Clara McBride Hale: When I'm gone,...

When I'm gone, somebody else will take it up and do it. This is how we've lived all these...

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Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are no...

Harriet Ann Jacobs: There are no...

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together.

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Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

Helen Lawrenson: These are the...

These are the beautiful people, who, befitting their rank as gods and goddesses of a powerful modern mythology, lead...

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Christiane Collange: The majority of...

Christiane Collange: The majority of...

The majority of women commit the strategic error of attempting to excel in a maximum of fields in order to satisfy all...

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Freya Stark: The great and...

Freya Stark: The great and...

The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and...

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Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

Susan L Taylor: We need quiet...

We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an...

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Jessica Mitford: In childbirth, as...

Jessica Mitford: In childbirth, as...

In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle...

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Janet Flanner: I keep going...

Janet Flanner: I keep going...

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

Source: On her...

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Meg Greenfield: The greatest harm...

Meg Greenfield: The greatest harm...

The greatest harm of all the gore on the tube is that it may dull our response to the real...

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Erma Bombeck: Good kids are...

Erma Bombeck: Good kids are...

Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how...

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Dorothy Dix: Confession is always...

Dorothy Dix: Confession is always...

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in...

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