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Diane Ackerman: There is no...

Diane Ackerman: There is no...

There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Feast, and your...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Feast, and your...

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.


Source:...

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Anne Rice: . . ....

Anne Rice: . . ....

. . . as they die, the ones we love, we lose our witnesses, our watchers, those who know and understand the tiny...

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Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

He was prouder still to be a member of that even more restricted group, Uncle Sam Rayburn's Board of Education the...

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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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Gloria Naylor: Not only is...

Gloria Naylor: Not only is...

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a...

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Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Gloria Naylor: Sometimes being a...

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow...

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Marguerite Duras: Journalism without a...

Marguerite Duras: Journalism without a...

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely...

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Elizabeth Dole: What you always...

Elizabeth Dole: What you always...

What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to...

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M F K Fisher: Dictionaries are always...

M F K Fisher: Dictionaries are always...

Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.

Source: Dubious Honors,...

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I asked [my...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: I asked [my...

I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and...

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Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Fawn M Brodie: Show me a...

Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with...

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Annie Dillard: I am a...

Annie Dillard: I am a...

I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my...

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Gertrude Stein: I want to...

Gertrude Stein: I want to...

I want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

Source:...

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Agatha Christie: It is ridiculous...

Agatha Christie: It is ridiculous...

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City -- New York City is itself a detective...

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Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

Katherine Paterson: A great novel...

A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed.

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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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Emily Bronte: A good heart...

Emily Bronte: A good heart...

A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad. . . and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than...

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Judith Viorst: Love is much...

Judith Viorst: Love is much...

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern...

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Judith Viorst: Strength is the...

Judith Viorst: Strength is the...

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands- and then eat just one of the...

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