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Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Taylor Caldwell: Honest men live...

Honest men live on charity in their age; the alm houses are full of men who never stole a copper penny. Honest men are...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: Some knowledge and...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: Some knowledge and...

Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into...

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Rumer Godden: The motto was...

Rumer Godden: The motto was...

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Source: On a...

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Francoise Sagan: Of course the...

Francoise Sagan: Of course the...

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the...

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Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Louisa May Alcott: Have regular hours...

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: A weapon is...

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

Source: In Collection...

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Annie Dillard: The secret of...

Annie Dillard: The secret of...

The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind. Hone and spread your spirit, till you yourself are a sail, whetted,...

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June Singer: And so Multi-media...

June Singer: And so Multi-media...

And so Multi-media Man, the contemporary successor to Renaissance Man . . .

Source:...

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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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Enid Bagnold: As for death...

Enid Bagnold: As for death...

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to.

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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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Patricia McKillip: I write fantasy...

Patricia McKillip: I write fantasy...

I write fantasy because it's there. I have no other excuse for sitting down for several hours a day indulging my...

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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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Eva Figes: When modern woman...

Eva Figes: When modern woman...

When modern woman discovered the orgasm it was (combined with modern birth control) perhaps the biggest single nail in...

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Toni Cade Bambara: Revolution begins with...

Toni Cade Bambara: Revolution begins with...

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations...

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Toni Cade Bambara: And what is...

Toni Cade Bambara: And what is...

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

Source:
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Carrie Fisher: I think of...

Carrie Fisher: I think of...

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no!...

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Gilda Radner: I wanted a...

Gilda Radner: I wanted a...

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a...

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Whoopi Goldberg: An actress can...

Whoopi Goldberg: An actress can...

An actress can only play a woman. I'm an actor, I can play anything.

Source: Letter...

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Goldie Hawn: I must say...

Goldie Hawn: I must say...

I must say that the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the...

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