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Jill Johnston: Telling it like...

Jill Johnston: Telling it like...

Telling it like it is means telling it like it was and how it is now that it isn't what it was to the is now...

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Anna Quindlen: It makes me...

Anna Quindlen: It makes me...

It makes me angry to think that . . . female sanitation workers will spend their days doing a job most of their...

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Marya Mannes: Nobody objects to...

Marya Mannes: Nobody objects to...

Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist so long as she manages to also be a good wife,...

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Dorothy Thompson: Disillusion comes only...

Dorothy Thompson: Disillusion comes only...

Disillusion comes only to the illusioned. One cannot be disillusioned of what one never put faith...

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Peace Pilgrim: Pure love is...

Peace Pilgrim: Pure love is...

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

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M F K Fisher: People ask me:...

M F K Fisher: People ask me:...

People ask me: Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power...

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Lillian Carter: Every time I...

Lillian Carter: Every time I...

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and going to the grave, something else happens.

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: When I felt...

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: When I felt...

When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or...

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George Eliot: For what we...

George Eliot: For what we...

For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities -- a willing movement of...

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George Eliot: Our impartiality is...

George Eliot: Our impartiality is...

Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw.

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Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Mary McCarthy: Understanding is often...

Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot...

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Rose Tremain: There is something...

Rose Tremain: There is something...

There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except...

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Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Pearl Buck: Life without idealism...

Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just have hope or starve to death.

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Annie Dillard: The life of...

Annie Dillard: The life of...

The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less;...

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Katherine Paterson: Peace is not...

Katherine Paterson: Peace is not...

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out...

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Jean Rhys: She could give...

Jean Rhys: She could give...

She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. But...

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Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Amy Tan: Who knows where...

Who knows where inspiration comes from? Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the...

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Mary Stewart: But I have...

Mary Stewart: But I have...

But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power -- they fear even the slightest and least likely threat...

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Shirley Jackson: It has long...

Shirley Jackson: It has long...

It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears...

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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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