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Lisa Alther: What a surprise...

Lisa Alther: What a surprise...

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a...

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Naomi Mitchison: It was all...

Naomi Mitchison: It was all...

It was all coming out from somewhere, and I just had the job of writing it down. I was, however, determined that the...

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George Eliot: Children demand that...

George Eliot: Children demand that...

Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so . . .

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George Eliot: It was a...

George Eliot: It was a...

It was a pity he couldna be hatched o'er again, an' hatched different.

Source: Adam...

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George Eliot: Animals are such...

George Eliot: Animals are such...

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

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Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

Flannery O'Connor: I am not...

I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be...

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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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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Virtue, like a...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Virtue, like a...

Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.

Source: In And I...

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Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Julie Burchill: Tears are sometimes...

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely...

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Irene Peter: To make crime...

Irene Peter: To make crime...

To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.

Source: In Webster's...

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Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

Peace Pilgrim: The way of...

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all...

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Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

Judith Crist: Movies suddenly became...

Movies suddenly became film and cinema an art form and terribly chic. . .

Source:...

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Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

Fran Lebowitz: To me the...

To me the outdoors is what you must pass through in order to get from your apartment into a...

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Clementine Paddleford: We all have...

Clementine Paddleford: We all have...

We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once...

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Florence King: We want a...

Florence King: We want a...

We want a president who is as much like an American tourist as possible. Someone with the same goofy grin, the same...

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Katharine Whitehorn: Any committee that...

Katharine Whitehorn: Any committee that...

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second...

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Fantasies are more...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison: Fantasies are more...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed...

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Susan Sontag: Surrealism is a...

Susan Sontag: Surrealism is a...

Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of the signs that it is...

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Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Helen Keller: Doubt and mistrust...

Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind...

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Dorothy Parker: I shall stay...

Dorothy Parker: I shall stay...

I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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