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Brigid Brophy: I refuse to...

Brigid Brophy: I refuse to...

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my...

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Joyce Brothers: A philosopher is...

Joyce Brothers: A philosopher is...

A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides...

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Han Suyin: . . ....

Han Suyin: . . ....

. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort...

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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: It is only...

Shirley Jackson: It is only...

It is only with the eyes open that a corporeal form returns, and assembles itself firmly around the hard core of...

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Barbara Cartland: As long as...

Barbara Cartland: As long as...

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

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Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

Lois McMaster Bujold: If you want...

If you want to catch something, running after it isn't always the best way.

Source:...

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George Eliot: Self-confidence is apt...

George Eliot: Self-confidence is apt...

Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a...

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George Eliot: The finest language...

George Eliot: The finest language...

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Source: In The...

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Jane Austen: It may be...

Jane Austen: It may be...

It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many...

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Jane Austen: In nine cases...

Jane Austen: In nine cases...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.

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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: I have the...

George Eliot: I have the...

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

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Jane Austen: Nobody can tell...

Jane Austen: Nobody can tell...

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never...

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Jane Austen: One of Edward's...

Jane Austen: One of Edward's...

One of Edward's Mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy and therefore not...

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Gertrude Stein: A writer must...

Gertrude Stein: A writer must...

A writer must always try to have a philosophy and he should also have a psychology and a philology and many other...

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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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Lois McMaster Bujold: You couldn't be...

Lois McMaster Bujold: You couldn't be...

You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into...

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George Eliot: When we get...

George Eliot: When we get...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and...

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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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