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Ruth Benedict: In a world...

Ruth Benedict: In a world...

In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day-in, day-out with...

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Lydia M Child: There was a...

Lydia M Child: There was a...

There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theatre, sufficient for...

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Fawn M Brodie: There is, of...

Fawn M Brodie: There is, of...

There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried treasure on every mortgaged homestead. Whether the farmer ever digs for...

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Pearl Buck: The secret of...

Pearl Buck: The secret of...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy...

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Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Katherine Paterson: Youth is a...

Youth is a mortal wound

Source: Jacob Have I Loved, 1980.
-- Katherine Paterson,...

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Sylvia Plath: There must be...

Sylvia Plath: There must be...

There must be quite a few things a hot bath won't cure, but I don't know many of them.

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Elizabeth Gaskell: I'll not listen...

Elizabeth Gaskell: I'll not listen...

I'll not listen to reason. . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

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Katherine Anne Porter: Our being is...

Katherine Anne Porter: Our being is...

Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do....

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Elinor Glyn: He had that...

Elinor Glyn: He had that...

He had that nameless charm, with a strong magnetism, which can only be called It.''

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Elinor Glyn: American husbands are...

Elinor Glyn: American husbands are...

American husbands are the best in the world; no other husbands are so generous to their wives, or can be so easily...

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Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

Isak Dinesen: All sorrows can...

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

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Jean Stafford: From time to...

Jean Stafford: From time to...

From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.

Source: The...

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Helen Rowland: Every man wants...

Helen Rowland: Every man wants...

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts and his higher nature --and another woman...

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Belle Livingstone: That winter two...

Belle Livingstone: That winter two...

That winter two things happened which made me see that the world, the flesh, and the devil were going to be more...

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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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Fran Lebowitz: I must take...

Fran Lebowitz: I must take...

I must take issue with the term a mere child, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere...

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Erma Bombeck: Never go to...

Erma Bombeck: Never go to...

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Helen Keller: God, Himself, is...

Helen Keller: God, Himself, is...

God, Himself, is not secure, having given man dominion over His work.

Source: In...

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Dorothy Parker: All I say...

Dorothy Parker: All I say...

All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You...

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Dorothy Parker: Take care of...

Dorothy Parker: Take care of...

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

Source:...

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