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Erica Jong: Bigamy is having...

Erica Jong: Bigamy is having...

Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.

Source: In Webster's...

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Rachel Field: Doorbells are like...

Rachel Field: Doorbells are like...

Doorbells are like a magic game,
Or the grab-bag at a fair --
You never know when you hear one ring
Who may...

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Kate Seredy: I make money...

Kate Seredy: I make money...

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: If you have...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: If you have...

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

Source: Aph, 1905.
--...

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Even a stopped...

Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of...

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Jane Austen: I think I...

Jane Austen: I think I...

I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to...

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Emily Bronte: Love is like...

Emily Bronte: Love is like...

Love is like the wild-rose briar;
Friendship is like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose briar...

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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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Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Margaret Drabble: Perhaps the rare...

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being...

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Jane Rule: My private measure...

Jane Rule: My private measure...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To...

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Anna Sewell: We call them...

Anna Sewell: We call them...

We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because...

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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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Daisy Ashford: Bernard always had...

Daisy Ashford: Bernard always had...

Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather...

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Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

I sometimes wish you had not so many lofty virtues.... I assure you little sins are far less dangerous and...

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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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Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

Margaret Truman: He loved politicians...

He loved politicians -- even Republicans.

Source: To joint session of Congress on...

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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: Proud people breed...

Emily Bronte: Proud people breed...

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. [Nelly, in Wuthering Heights]

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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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Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

Louisa May Alcott: A faithful friend...

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

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