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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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Ann Oakley: Clearly, society has...

Ann Oakley: Clearly, society has...

Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the...

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Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Helen Gurley Brown: Never fail to...

Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.

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Christiane Collange: Common sense is...

Christiane Collange: Common sense is...

Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most under-employed, talent in the...

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Shirley Conran: I would rather...

Shirley Conran: I would rather...

I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

Source: Superwoman, 1975.
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Susan Sontag: I was not...

Susan Sontag: I was not...

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my...

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Susan Sontag: Cancer patients are...

Susan Sontag: Cancer patients are...

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is...

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Rebecca West: God forbid that...

Rebecca West: God forbid that...

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

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Lucy Stone: In education, in...

Lucy Stone: In education, in...

In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business...

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Andrea Dworkin: No woman needs...

Andrea Dworkin: No woman needs...

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

Source: Right-Wing Women, ch. 3...

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Harriet Martineau: A soul occupied...

Harriet Martineau: A soul occupied...

A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Susan Faludi: As it turns...

Susan Faludi: As it turns...

As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment...

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Sally Kempton: It is hard...

Sally Kempton: It is hard...

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

Source: Cutting Loose,...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: It is not...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: It is not...

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred...

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Liz Smith: What you become...

Liz Smith: What you become...

What you become is what counts.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Sheilah Graham: I won't be...

Sheilah Graham: I won't be...

I won't be remembered for my writing. I'll be remembered as Scott's mistress.

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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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Florence King: He travels fastest...

Florence King: He travels fastest...

He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is...

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Belle Livingstone: Odd how the...

Belle Livingstone: Odd how the...

Odd how the erotic appeal has swung away from legs; today a smart girl takes her legs for granted and gets herself a...

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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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