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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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Gretel Ehrlich: Honesty is stronger...

Gretel Ehrlich: Honesty is stronger...

Honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy, which may console but often hides.

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Marilyn French: Fear is a...

Marilyn French: Fear is a...

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore...

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Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

Source: In...

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Erma Bombeck: It is fast...

Erma Bombeck: It is fast...

It is fast approaching the point where I don't want to elect anyone stupid enough to want the...

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Marilyn French: One thing that...

Marilyn French: One thing that...

One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape. . . it allows us to fix our emotions...

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Madonna: I'm anal retentive....

Madonna: I'm anal retentive....

I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a control freak. That's why I'm not married. Who could...

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Jane Seymour: Beauty is a...

Jane Seymour: Beauty is a...

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong...

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Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

Agatha Christie: If one sticks...

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

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Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

Dorothy Miller Richardson: The question was...

The question was not how to get a job, but how to live by such jobs as I could get.

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Mary Pettibone Poole: Culture is what...

Mary Pettibone Poole: Culture is what...

Culture is what your butcher would have if he were a surgeon.

Source: A Glass Eye...

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Agatha Christie: It is completely...

Agatha Christie: It is completely...

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.

Source: The Murder...

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Agatha Christie: I've always believed...

Agatha Christie: I've always believed...

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each...

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Alice Koller: I've arrived at...

Alice Koller: I've arrived at...

I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore,...

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Anna Jameson: A man may...

Anna Jameson: A man may...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.

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Lily Tomlin: Reality is the...

Lily Tomlin: Reality is the...

Reality is the crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Anita Brookner: In real life,...

Anita Brookner: In real life,...

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was...

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Flannery O'Connor: Everywhere I go...

Flannery O'Connor: Everywhere I go...

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of...

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Anne Rice: To write something,...

Anne Rice: To write something,...

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

Source: In The...

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Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Rose Tremain: Life should be...

Life should be embraced like a lover.

Source: In ...As One Mad With Wine, by Elyse...

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