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Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.

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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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Nella Larsen: If a man...

Nella Larsen: If a man...

If a man calls me a nigger it's his fault the first time, but mine if he has the opportunity to do it...

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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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Robin Morgan: Friendship is mutual...

Robin Morgan: Friendship is mutual...

Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.

Source: In Words of...

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Christiane Collange: When you belong...

Christiane Collange: When you belong...

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have the right to be...

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Jane Bryant Quinn: The shortest recorded...

Jane Bryant Quinn: The shortest recorded...

The shortest recorded period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and 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: Don't confuse fame...

Erma Bombeck: Don't confuse fame...

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

Source:...

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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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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 Dix: So many people...

Dorothy Dix: So many people...

So many people think divorce a panacea for every ill, who find out, when they try it, the remedy is worse than the...

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Helen Rowland: A widow is...

Helen Rowland: A widow is...

A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang...

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Molly Haskell: Madness is always...

Molly Haskell: Madness is always...

Madness is always fascinating, for it reveals the ungluing we all secretly fear: the mind taking off from the body,...

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Carol Gilligan: Implicitly adopting the...

Carol Gilligan: Implicitly adopting the...

Implicitly adopting the male life as the norm, they have tried to fashion women out of a masculine cloth. It all goes...

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Virgilia Peterson: In Reno [Nevada],...

Virgilia Peterson: In Reno [Nevada],...

In Reno [Nevada], there is always a bull market, never a bear market for the stocks and bonds of...

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Elsa Maxwell: Bores put you...

Elsa Maxwell: Bores put you...

Bores put you in a mental cemetery while you are still walking.

Source: How to Do...

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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: What we say...

Gloria Evangelina Anzaldua: What we say...

What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands and...

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Phyllis George: There's a fine...

Phyllis George: There's a fine...

There's a fine line between being sweet and innocent and being a tough broad.

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Brenda Ueland: So you see...

Brenda Ueland: So you see...

So you see the imagination needs moodling, - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and...

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