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Helen Rowland: A man can...

Helen Rowland: A man can...

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little...

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Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

Marsha Sinetar: To find in...

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. ...

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Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

[Work is] something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

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Anna Jameson: The true purpose...

Anna Jameson: The true purpose...

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to...

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Rebecca West: Did St Francis...

Rebecca West: Did St Francis...

Did St Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the...

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Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: We need old...

We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.

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Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

Katharine Whitehorn: I blame Rousseau,...

I blame Rousseau, myself. Man is born free, indeed. Man is not born free, he is born attached to his mother by a cord...

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Oriana Fallaci: With our progress...

Oriana Fallaci: With our progress...

With our progress we have destroyed our only weapon against tedium: that rare weakness we call...

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Sheila Ballantyne: Some of my...

Sheila Ballantyne: Some of my...

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.

Source: Norma...

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Maria Weston Chapman: We may draw...

Maria Weston Chapman: We may draw...

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

Source: How...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: Even more than...

Jane Bryant Quinn: Even more than...

Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men...

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Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

Fran Lebowitz: If you are...

If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater. . . suggest that he wear a...

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Edith Wharton: I have never...

Edith Wharton: I have never...

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political...

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Toni Cade Bambara: The dream is...

Toni Cade Bambara: The dream is...

The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only reality.

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Elizabeth Bowen: Let's face it...

Elizabeth Bowen: Let's face it...

Let's face it -- who ever is adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other...

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Anais Nin: Dreams pass into...

Anais Nin: Dreams pass into...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the action stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the...

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Jessamyn West: A rattlesnake that...

Jessamyn West: A rattlesnake that...

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

Source: The Life I Really...

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Mary Stewart: The best way...

Mary Stewart: The best way...

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you...

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Judith Guest: He had led...

Judith Guest: He had led...

He had led off being a perfectionist when he discovered that not promptly kept appointments, not a house circumspectly...

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