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Renata Adler: No one ever...

Renata Adler: No one ever...

No one ever confides a secret to one person only. No one destroys all copies of a...

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Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

Andrea Dworkin: While gossip among...

While gossip among women is universally ridiculed as low and trivial, gossip among men, especially if it is about...

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Harriet Martineau: I am sure...

Harriet Martineau: I am sure...

I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are . ....

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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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Dora Russell: Marriage laws, the...

Dora Russell: Marriage laws, the...

Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

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Dora Russell: Humanity will ever...

Dora Russell: Humanity will ever...

Humanity will ever seek but never attain perfection. Let us at least survive and go on...

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Mary Austin: Genius . ....

Mary Austin: Genius . ....

Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all...

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Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

Margaret Bourke-White: War correspondents ....

War correspondents . . . see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: The vices of...

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for...

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Isabel Burton: He who knows...

Isabel Burton: He who knows...

He who knows and knows not he knows:? he is asleep -- wake him.
He who knows and knows he knows:? he is wise --...

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Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives woman...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Man forgives woman...

Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.

Source: Naked Truth and...

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Julie Burchill: A good part...

Julie Burchill: A good part...

A good part -- and definitely the most fun part -- of being a feminist is about frightening...

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Grace Paley: Rosiness is not...

Grace Paley: Rosiness is not...

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

Source:...

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Gail Hamilton: Christ made no...

Gail Hamilton: Christ made no...

Christ made no distinction, but opened the door wide to woman as to man.

Source: In...

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Peggy Noonan: A speech is...

Peggy Noonan: A speech is...

A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to...

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Irene Peter: Just because everything...

Irene Peter: Just because everything...

Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.

Source: In...

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Kathryn Hulme: The awesome antiphon...

Kathryn Hulme: The awesome antiphon...

The awesome antiphon swelled in the dark and expanded.

Source: On music at early...

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Peace Pilgrim: Praying without ceasing...

Peace Pilgrim: Praying without ceasing...

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness...

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Helen Keller: My share of...

Helen Keller: My share of...

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.

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Helen Keller: Character cannot be...

Helen Keller: Character cannot be...

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be...

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