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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: What we say...

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: What we say...

What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands and...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: There is no...

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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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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Meridel Le Sueur: These are the...

Meridel Le Sueur: These are the...

These are the stories that never, never die, that are carried like seed into a new country, are told to you and me and...

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Iris Murdoch: Writing is like...

Iris Murdoch: Writing is like...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's...

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Jean Rhys: The feeling of...

Jean Rhys: The feeling of...

The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still. Like when they say, As it was in...

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Anne Rice: To really ask...

Anne Rice: To really ask...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate the question and the...

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Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

Jean Ingelow: A healthful hunger...

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

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Nella Larsen: She wished to...

Nella Larsen: She wished to...

She wished to find out about this hazardous business of passing, this breaking away from all that was familiar and...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Reputation is what...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Reputation is what...

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

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Ruth Benedict: I have always...

Ruth Benedict: I have always...

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.

Source: In...

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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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Judy Blume: Are you there...

Judy Blume: Are you there...

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where. I...

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Clara Barton: . . ....

Clara Barton: . . ....

. . . the door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.

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Joyce Brothers: If your energy...

Joyce Brothers: If your energy...

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition, total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously...

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George Eliot: To have in...

George Eliot: To have in...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular...

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Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot...

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Whoopi Goldberg: . . ....

Whoopi Goldberg: . . ....

. . . what I am is a humanist before anything -- before I'm a Jew, before I'm black, before I'm a woman. And my...

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May Swenson: We play in...

May Swenson: We play in...

We play in the den of the Gods and snort at death.

Source: To Confirm A Thing, St....

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Marie Lloyd: My old man...

Marie Lloyd: My old man...

My old man said, `Follow the van, Don't dilly-dally on the way!'
But I dillied and dallied, dallied and...

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