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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The only real...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: The only real...

The only real security in a relationship lies neither in looking back in nostalgia, nor forward in dread or...

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Margaret Atwood: The answers you...

Margaret Atwood: The answers you...

The answers you get from literature depend upon the questions you pose.

Source: In...

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Anita Loos: I really think...

Anita Loos: I really think...

I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very, very...

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Edith Wharton: After all, one...

Edith Wharton: After all, one...

After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and...

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Elinor Glyn: A madness of...

Elinor Glyn: A madness of...

A madness of tender caressing seized her. She purred as a tiger might have done, while she undulated like a...

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George Eliot: We must find...

George Eliot: We must find...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.

Source:...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: I did not...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: I did not...

I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.

Source: Referring to...

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Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Judith Guest: Geez, if I...

Geez, if I could get through to you, kiddo, that depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and...

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Tama Janowitz: I was like...

Tama Janowitz: I was like...

I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I...

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Grace Metalious: Didn't you ever...

Grace Metalious: Didn't you ever...

Didn't you ever notice how it's always people who wish they had somethin' or had done somethin' that hate the...

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Grace Metalious: I'm a lousy...

Grace Metalious: I'm a lousy...

I'm a lousy writer; a helluva lot of people have got lousy taste.

Source: In W.O.W....

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Louisa May Alcott: You have a...

Louisa May Alcott: You have a...

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest...

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Lillian Carter: I love all...

Lillian Carter: I love all...

I love all my children, but some of them I don't like.

Source: In Woman, 9 Apr...

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Estelle Ramey: Anyone seeing women...

Estelle Ramey: Anyone seeing women...

Anyone seeing women at a bargain-basement sale where aggression is viewed as appropriate, even endearing, sees...

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Joyce Brothers: A strong, positive...

Joyce Brothers: A strong, positive...

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Source:...

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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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P D James: A man who...

P D James: A man who...

A man who lives with nature is used to violence and is companionable with death. There is more violence in an English...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Whipping and abuse...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Whipping and abuse...

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities...

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George Eliot: The only failure...

George Eliot: The only failure...

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be...

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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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