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June Singer: Despite the continuing...

June Singer: Despite the continuing...

Despite the continuing expansion or even explosion of information, there will forever be limits beyond which the...

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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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Anzia Yezierska: Like all people...

Anzia Yezierska: Like all people...

Like all people who have nothing, I lived on dreams.

Source: The Miracle.
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Marion Zimmer Bradley: Speak not against...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: Speak not against...

Speak not against anyone whose burden you have not weighed yourself.

Source: Black...

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Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Barbara Kingsolver: Memory is a...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Source:...

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Lawana Blackwell: It isn't kind...

Lawana Blackwell: It isn't kind...

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

Source:...

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Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Emily Bronte: Any relic of...

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Source: Ellen Dean,...

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Francoise Sagan: There are moments...

Francoise Sagan: There are moments...

There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a...

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Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

Francoise Sagan: To jealousy, nothing...

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Source: La Chamade,...

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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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Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

Djuna Barnes: I'm a fart...

I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet, under a cow pat.

Source: Doctor, in...

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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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Elizabeth Gaskell: How easy it...

Elizabeth Gaskell: How easy it...

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!

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Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

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Toni Cade Bambara: [R]eappraise the past,...

Toni Cade Bambara: [R]eappraise the past,...

[R]eappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are...

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Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Gertrude Stein: Everybody knows if...

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over...

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Ellen Glasgow: To teach one's...

Ellen Glasgow: To teach one's...

To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.

Source: The Woman Within,...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: I learned to...

Maxine Hong Kingston: I learned to...

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for...

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Lydia M Child: There was a...

Lydia M Child: There was a...

There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theatre, sufficient for...

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Pearl Buck: You cannot make...

Pearl Buck: You cannot make...

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your...

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