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Minna Thomas Antrim: Illusion is the...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Illusion is the...

Illusion is the dust the devil throws in the eyes of the foolish.

Source: In The...

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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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Diana Vreeland: What do I...

Diana Vreeland: What do I...

What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks...

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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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Helen Rowland: The hardest task...

Helen Rowland: The hardest task...

The hardest task of a girl's life, nowadays, is to prove to a man that his intentions are...

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Dorothea Brande: Fiction supplies the...

Dorothea Brande: Fiction supplies the...

Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material...

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Katharine Whitehorn: I am firm....

Katharine Whitehorn: I am firm....

I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

Source: In The Beacon Book...

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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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June Jordan: In the name...

June Jordan: In the name...

In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and...

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Helen Keller: The best and...

Helen Keller: The best and...

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the...

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Dorothy Parker: Good work, Mary....

Dorothy Parker: Good work, Mary....

Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.

Source: Telegram to a friend who...

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Dorothy Parker: Outspoken by whom?...

Dorothy Parker: Outspoken by whom?...

Outspoken by whom?

Source: When told that she was very outspoken; attributed.
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Helen Keller: . . ....

Helen Keller: . . ....

. . . we could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

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Dorothy Parker: I can't talk...

Dorothy Parker: I can't talk...

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back on. I can't...

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Florence King: Showing up at...

Florence King: Showing up at...

Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start...

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Judith Crist: [Youngsters] are nurtured...

Judith Crist: [Youngsters] are nurtured...

[Youngsters] are nurtured from infancy on a Dick-and-Jane literary and artistic level; and the cultural drought, as...

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Jamaica Kincaid: I swim in...

Jamaica Kincaid: I swim in...

I swim in a shaft of light, upside down, and I can see myself clearly, through and through, from every angle. Perhaps...

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Helen Rowland: Love, the quest;...

Helen Rowland: Love, the quest;...

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

Source: Reflections...

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Helen Rowland: It's easier to...

Helen Rowland: It's easier to...

It's easier to hide your light under a bushel than to keep your shady side dark.

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Katharine Whitehorn: The easiest way...

Katharine Whitehorn: The easiest way...

The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.

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