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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: We tend not...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: We tend not...

We tend not to choose the unknown, which might be a shock or a disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope...

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Suzanne Curchod Necker: Obstinacy is ever...

Suzanne Curchod Necker: Obstinacy is ever...

Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.

Source: In The Last...

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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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Florence King: The more immoral...

Florence King: The more immoral...

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways.

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Cynthia Heimel: Never judge someone...

Cynthia Heimel: Never judge someone...

Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling...

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Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Lynn Caine: Since every death...

Since every death diminishes a little, we grieve -- not so much for the death as for...

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Carol Gilligan: In the different...

Carol Gilligan: In the different...

In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility,...

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Virgilia Peterson: Not only are...

Virgilia Peterson: Not only are...

Not only are there as many conflicting truths as there are people to claim them; there are equally multitudinous and...

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Virgilia Peterson: However often marriage...

Virgilia Peterson: However often marriage...

However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber,...

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Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Elsa Maxwell: Existence is a...

Existence is a party. You join after its started and you leave before its finished.

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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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Dorothy Canfield Fisher: One of the...

Dorothy Canfield Fisher: One of the...

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being...

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Rebecca West: I write books...

Rebecca West: I write books...

I write books to find out about things.

Source:
-- Rebecca West, (Dec 25...

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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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Barbara De Angelis: The more connections...

Barbara De Angelis: The more connections...

The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and...

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Ariel Durant: It is good...

Ariel Durant: It is good...

It is good a philosopher should remind himself, now and then, that he is a particle pontificating on...

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Amy Tan: If you can't...

Amy Tan: If you can't...

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Judith Guest: People who keep...

Judith Guest: People who keep...

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

Source:...

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Tama Janowitz: As a writer,...

Tama Janowitz: As a writer,...

As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there's someone who'll like...

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