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Daisy Ashford: My life will...

Daisy Ashford: My life will...

My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.

Source: The Young Visiters,...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: The truth is...

The truth is not so good a story.

Source: The Firebrand, 1987.
-- Marion Zimmer...

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Francoise Sagan: Art must take...

Francoise Sagan: Art must take...

Art must take reality by surprise.

Source: Writers at Work
-- Francoise Sagan,...

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Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

Lawana Blackwell: I've grown to...

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the...

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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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Gertrude Stein: What is the...

Gertrude Stein: What is the...

What is the answer? [Silence] In that case, what is the question?

Source: Her...

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Mary Webb: It made me...

Mary Webb: It made me...

It made me gladsome to be getting some education, it being like a big window opening.

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Edna Ferber: Only amateurs say...

Edna Ferber: Only amateurs say...

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination...

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Lisa Alther: . . ....

Lisa Alther: . . ....

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Source: In Words of...

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George Eliot: There is a...

George Eliot: There is a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy,...

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M F K Fisher: . . ....

M F K Fisher: . . ....

. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or...

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Estelle Ramey: We will have...

Estelle Ramey: We will have...

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

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Margaret Atwood: We thought we...

Margaret Atwood: We thought we...

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

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Angela Carter: Fine art, that...

Angela Carter: Fine art, that...

Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist,...

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Fran Lebowitz: Remember that as...

Fran Lebowitz: Remember that as...

Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is...

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Mary Ashton Livermore: Above the titles...

Mary Ashton Livermore: Above the titles...

Above the titles of wife and mother, which, although dear, are transitory and accidental, there is the title human...

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Helen Rowland: Don't waste time...

Helen Rowland: Don't waste time...

Don't waste time trying to break a man's heart; be satisfied if you can just manage to chip it in a brand new...

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Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Dorothea Brande: Man's mind is...

Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.

Source:...

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Katharine Whitehorn: Why are the...

Katharine Whitehorn: Why are the...

Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their knees, the only...

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Lynn Caine: After my husband...

Lynn Caine: After my husband...

After my husband died, I felt like one of those spiraled shells washed upon the beach . . . Poke a straw through the...

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