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Dorothy Uhnak: He maintained that...

Dorothy Uhnak: He maintained that...

He maintained that the case was lost or won by the time the final juror had been sworn in; his summation was set in...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Imagination, which is...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Imagination, which is...

Imagination, which is the eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the...

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Julie Burchill: Writing is more...

Julie Burchill: Writing is more...

Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful...

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Gail Hamilton: What's virtue in...

Gail Hamilton: What's virtue in...

What's virtue in man can't be virtue in a cat.

Source: Both Sides.
-- Gail...

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Gail Hamilton: Whatever an author...

Gail Hamilton: Whatever an author...

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put...

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Andrea Dworkin: The fact that...

Andrea Dworkin: The fact that...

The fact that we are all trained to be mothers from infancy on means that we are all trained to devote our lives to...

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Andrea Dworkin: Being a Jew,...

Andrea Dworkin: Being a Jew,...

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns to recognize indifference to human...

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Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

Maya Angelou: [Work is] something...

[Work is] something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.

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Susan B Anthony: Modern invention has...

Susan B Anthony: Modern invention has...

Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different...

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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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Helen Keller: Life is either...

Helen Keller: Life is either...

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the...

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Helen Keller: Security is mostly...

Helen Keller: Security is mostly...

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature . . . Life is either a daring adventure or...

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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: His ignorance was...

Dorothy Parker: His ignorance was...

His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its...

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Helen Rowland: After marriage, a...

Helen Rowland: After marriage, a...

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and...

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Helen Rowland: A man snatches...

Helen Rowland: A man snatches...

A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth -- and...

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Helen Rowland: Marriage is a...

Helen Rowland: Marriage is a...

Marriage is a bargain, and somebody has to get the worst of the bargain.

Source: In...

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Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Helen Rowland: Love, like chicken...

Love, like chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its...

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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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