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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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Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

Mary McCarthy: In science, all...

In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

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Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Margaret Drabble: Why can't people...

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

Source: The Middle Ground,...

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Jane Rule: The real power...

Jane Rule: The real power...

The real power of books is their deep companionability. We learn from them as we learn from the deep companionability...

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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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Mary Roberts Rinehart: You want the...

Mary Roberts Rinehart: You want the...

You want the unvarnished and ungarnished truth, and I'm no hand for that. I'm a lawyer.

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Margaret Atwood: We thought we...

Margaret Atwood: We thought we...

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

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Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

Joyce Carol Oates: We inhabit ourselves...

We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once...

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Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

Cynthia Ozick: The engineering is...

The engineering is secondary to the vision.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Gail Godwin: Actors between plays...

Gail Godwin: Actors between plays...

Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.

Source: The...

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Eva Figes: There is a...

Eva Figes: There is a...

There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done...

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Toni Cade Bambara: My mother, religious-negro,...

Toni Cade Bambara: My mother, religious-negro,...

My mother, religious-negro, proud of having waded through a storm, is, very obviously a sturdy bridge that I have...

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M F K Fisher: When a man...

M F K Fisher: When a man...

When a man is small, he loves and hates food with a ferocity which soon dims. But at six years old his very bowels...

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: Learn to get...

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in life has a...

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Pearl Buck: I don't wait...

Pearl Buck: I don't wait...

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to...

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Elizabeth Bowen: If you look...

Elizabeth Bowen: If you look...

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

Source: The Death of...

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Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

You have always given me more than I gave to you. . . . You were the wings on which I...

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Denise Levertov: Images <br>split the...

Denise Levertov: Images
split the...

Images
split the truth
in fractions.


Source: A Sequence, in The Jacob's...

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Thelma Ritter: When a man...

Thelma Ritter: When a man...

When a man and a woman see each other and like each other they ought to come together -- wham -- like a couple of...

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Marlene Dietrich: Think twice before...

Marlene Dietrich: Think twice before...

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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