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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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Katharine Whitehorn: I yield to...

Katharine Whitehorn: I yield to...

I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work...

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Cynthia Heimel: Men, being conditioned...

Cynthia Heimel: Men, being conditioned...

Men, being conditioned badly, are always feeling nooses closing around their necks, even dumpy boors no girl would...

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June Jordan: Americans have begun...

June Jordan: Americans have begun...

Americans have begun to understand that trouble does not start somewhere on the other side of town. It seems to...

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Christiane Collange: How many women...

Christiane Collange: How many women...

How many women are ready to admit that they are capable of changing the course of their existence by simply taking...

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Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a...

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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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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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Andrea Dworkin: Wealth of any...

Andrea Dworkin: Wealth of any...

Wealth of any kind, is an expression of male sexual power.

Source: Pornography,...

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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: This play John...

Dorothy Parker: This play John...

This play John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln holds the season's record, thus far, with a run of four evening...

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Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All that is...

Victoria Claffin Woodhull: All that is...

All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . ....

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Susan Sontag: The truth is...

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

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Susan Sontag: The only interesting...

Susan Sontag: The only interesting...

The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions.

Source: In...

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Rebecca West: It is queer...

Rebecca West: It is queer...

It is queer how it is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into...

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Rebecca West: [Writing] has nothing...

Rebecca West: [Writing] has nothing...

[Writing] has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: . . ....

Lady Marguerite Blessington: . . ....

. . . if those only wrote, who were sure of being read, we should have fewer authors; and the shelves of libraries...

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Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Marilyn French: Oh, God, why...

Oh, God, why don't I remember that a little chaos is good for the soul?

Source: In...

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Gail Hamilton: Every person is...

Gail Hamilton: Every person is...

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell...

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Florence King: Time has lost...

Florence King: Time has lost...

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American...

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