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Elizabeth Gaskell: The cloud never...

Elizabeth Gaskell: The cloud never...

The cloud never comes in the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

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Elinor Glyn: Romance is the...

Elinor Glyn: Romance is the...

Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.

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George Eliot: Of what use,...

George Eliot: Of what use,...

Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need...

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George Eliot: My own experience...

George Eliot: My own experience...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree...

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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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Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

Margaret Drabble: The middle years,...

The middle years, caught between children and parents, free of neither: the past stretches back too densely, it is too...

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Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

Lisa Alther: I wrote for...

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside...

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Helen Rowland: There aren't any...

Helen Rowland: There aren't any...

There aren't any embarrassing questions - only embarrassing answers.

Source: New...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: In writing biography,...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: In writing biography,...

In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fiction parts should be printed in red...

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Katharine Whitehorn: Have you ever...

Katharine Whitehorn: Have you ever...

Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest...

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Naomi Wolf: The beauty myth...

Naomi Wolf: The beauty myth...

The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the...

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Renata Adler: There follows a...

Renata Adler: There follows a...

There follows a little obscenity here, a dask of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern...

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Dorothy Parker: I don't know...

Dorothy Parker: I don't know...

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

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Maya Angelou: For Africa to...

Maya Angelou: For Africa to...

For Africa to me. . . is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going...

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Susan Sontag: The truth is...

Susan Sontag: The truth is...

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there...

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Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Shana Alexander: Evolution is fascinating...

Evolution is fascinating to watch. To me it is most interesting when one can observe the evolution of a single...

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Nancy Friday: Because society would...

Nancy Friday: Because society would...

Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off...

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Sally Kempton: Women are natural...

Sally Kempton: Women are natural...

Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy's bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options,...

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Helen Rowland: It is easier...

Helen Rowland: It is easier...

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped...

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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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