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Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

Lillian Hellman: God forgives those...

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Source: The Little Foxes, 1939.
--...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: You must grow...

Janet Erskine Stuart: You must grow...

You must grow like a tree, not like a mushroom.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

Lotte Lehmann: You have always...

You have always given me more than I gave to you. . . . You were the wings on which I...

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Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

Lillian Hellman: It's an indulgence...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of...

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Gypsy Rose Lee: God will protect...

Gypsy Rose Lee: God will protect...

God will protect us, [my mother] often said to June and me. But to make sure, she would add, carry a heavy...

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Joan Rivers: God always comes...

Joan Rivers: God always comes...

God always comes up with a third act twist -- and we won't know until we die whether the play was a comedy or a...

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Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Emily Dickinson: Not to discover...

Not to discover weakness is
The Artifice of strength.


Source: 1865; The Poems of...

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Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

Emily Dickinson: The Pedigree of...

The Pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee --
A Clover, any time, to him,
Is Aristocracy...

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Alice Meynell: Spirit of place!...

Alice Meynell: Spirit of place!...

Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that...

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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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Tama Janowitz: As a writer,...

Tama Janowitz: As a writer,...

As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there's someone who'll like...

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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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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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Judith Rossner: Identity is a...

Judith Rossner: Identity is a...

Identity is a bag and a gag. Yet it exists for me with all the force of a fatal disease. Obviously I am here, a mind...

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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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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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M F K Fisher: People ask me:...

M F K Fisher: People ask me:...

People ask me: Why do you write about food, and eating, and drinking? Why don't you write about the struggle for power...

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Joyce Brothers: There is a...

Joyce Brothers: There is a...

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think...

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Barbara De Angelis: Love and kindness...

Barbara De Angelis: Love and kindness...

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: When you get...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: When you get...

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a...

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