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Irene Peter: Today, if you...

Irene Peter: Today, if you...

Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.

Source: In Words of...

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Kathryn Hulme: The dark-veiled silhouette...

Kathryn Hulme: The dark-veiled silhouette...

The dark-veiled silhouette . . . that solitary form patrolling without visible strain or vainglory a demented...

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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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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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Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps...

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George Eliot: We must find...

George Eliot: We must find...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

Source:...

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Jane Austen: Next to being...

Jane Austen: Next to being...

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

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Edna O'Brien: . . ....

Edna O'Brien: . . ....

. . . in dreams begins responsibility.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Enid Bagnold: When a man...

Enid Bagnold: When a man...

When a man goes through six years' training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too...

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Joanna Field: The growth of...

Joanna Field: The growth of...

The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.

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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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Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

Joyce Carol Oates: She ransacked her...

She ransacked her mind but there was nothing in it.

Source: Them, pt. 1 ch. 15,...

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Muriel Spark: It is impossible...

Muriel Spark: It is impossible...

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.

Source: The...

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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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Ursula Le Guin: He arrived at...

Ursula Le Guin: He arrived at...

He arrived at ideas the slow way, never skating over the clear, hard ice of logic, nor soaring on the slipstreams of...

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Toni Cade Bambara: When you dream,...

Toni Cade Bambara: When you dream,...

When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover...

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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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Amy Tan: How can you...

Amy Tan: How can you...

How can you say luck and chance are the same thing? Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes...

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Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

Eleanor H Porter: I can't see...

I can't see anythin, ter be glad about -- gettin, a pair of crutches when you wanted a doll! . . .
Goosey! Why,...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

Lois McMaster Bujold: You don't pay...

You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in...

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