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Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Louisa May Alcott: Rome took all...

Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...

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George Eliot: No evil dooms...

George Eliot: No evil dooms...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape...

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George Eliot: But the mother's...

George Eliot: But the mother's...

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love,...

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Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

[Bicycling] has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance...

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Susan B Anthony: Cautious, careful people,...

Susan B Anthony: Cautious, careful people,...

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations. . . can never effect a...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage is the...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is the...

Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an...

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Helen Rowland: The feminine vanity...

Helen Rowland: The feminine vanity...

The feminine vanity case is the grave of masculine illusions.

Source: In Webster's...

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Susan Sontag: In most modern...

Susan Sontag: In most modern...

In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art...

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Susan Sontag: It is only...

Susan Sontag: It is only...

It is only the fear of malpractice that keeps doctors candid in this country.

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Susan Sontag: Nature in America...

Susan Sontag: Nature in America...

Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen...

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Susan Sontag: The aim of...

Susan Sontag: The aim of...

The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art -- and, by analogy, our own experience -- more,...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Friends are the...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Friends are the...

Friends are the thermometer by which we may judge the temperature of our fortunes.

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Helen Keller: We cannot freely...

Helen Keller: We cannot freely...

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and...

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Helen Keller: [Death] is no...

Helen Keller: [Death] is no...

[Death] is no more than passing from one room to another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that...

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Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Dorothy Parker: Four be the...

Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.


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Dorothy Parker: It costs me...

Dorothy Parker: It costs me...

It costs me never a stab nor squirm
To tread by chance upon a worm.
'Aha, my little dear,' I say,
'Your clan...

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Dorothy Parker: He has a...

Dorothy Parker: He has a...

He has a capacity for enjoyment so vast that he gives away great chunks to those about him, and never even misses...

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Robin Morgan: There's something contagious...

Robin Morgan: There's something contagious...

There's something contagious about demanding freedom.

Source: Sisterhood Is...

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Emily Dickinson: Dying is a...

Emily Dickinson: Dying is a...

Dying is a wild night and a new road.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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Emily Dickinson: There's a certain...

Emily Dickinson: There's a certain...

There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of Cathedral...

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