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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Home is a...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Home is a...

Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserved; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom,...

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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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Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: My youth is...

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

Source: A Heritage and...

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Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

Shirley Jackson: The idea of...

The idea of a series of items, following one another docilely, forms the only possible reasonable approach to life if...

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Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

Naomi Mitchison: It was as...

It was as though there was a film going on inside my head, and I was watching it as it went by. I was completely...

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Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

Lisa Alther: That's the risk...

That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to...

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George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

George Eliot: Prophecy is the...

Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 1, ch. 10,...

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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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Elinor Glyn: Would you please...

Elinor Glyn: Would you please...

Would you please publish the enclosed manuscript or return it without delay, as I have other irons in the...

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Toni Cade Bambara: And what is...

Toni Cade Bambara: And what is...

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

Source:
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Judith Viorst: Superstition is foolish,...

Judith Viorst: Superstition is foolish,...

Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational -- but how much does it cost you to knock on...

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Margaret Atwood: Another belief of...

Margaret Atwood: Another belief of...

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in...

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Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Joyce Carol Oates: Our enemy is...

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Source:...

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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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George Eliot: In the vain...

George Eliot: In the vain...

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Source: Romola, bk....

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George Eliot: Keep true, never...

George Eliot: Keep true, never...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to...

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Jane Austen: You mistake me,...

Jane Austen: You mistake me,...

You mistake me, my dear. I have a high repect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them...

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Pearl Buck: The young do...

Pearl Buck: The young do...

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it, generation after...

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Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was...

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