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Helen Keller: Unless we form...

Helen Keller: Unless we form...

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its...

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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: He is beyond...

Dorothy Parker: He is beyond...

He is beyond question a writer of power; and his power lies in his ability to make sex so thoroughly, graphically,...

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Rebecca Harding Davis: Young people have...

Rebecca Harding Davis: Young people have...

Young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which . . . develops patriotism and courage....

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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: My darkness has...

Helen Keller: My darkness has...

My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and...

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Dorothy Parker: Sorrow is tranquillity...

Dorothy Parker: Sorrow is tranquillity...

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

Source: Sentiment.
-- Dorothy...

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Kathryn Hulme: You must never...

Kathryn Hulme: You must never...

You must never lose the awareness that in yourself you are nothing, you are only an instrument. An instrument is...

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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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Helen Rowland: When two people...

Helen Rowland: When two people...

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they don't understand one another, but a sign that they...

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Helen Rowland: When you see...

Helen Rowland: When you see...

When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living.

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Simone de Beauvoir: What is an...

Simone de Beauvoir: What is an...

What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

Source: La Femme rompue.
-- Simone de...

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Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

Simone de Beauvoir: If you haven't...

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more...

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Agnes Repplier: It is not...

Agnes Repplier: It is not...

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling...

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Fran Lebowitz: The best fame...

Fran Lebowitz: The best fame...

The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you...

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Mignon McLaughlin: For the happiest...

Mignon McLaughlin: For the happiest...

For the happiest life, days should he rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

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Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

Britney Spears: I'm so happy...

I'm so happy to be able to give kids the opportunity to learn about amazing world of dance and music that I've have...

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Susan RoAne: The time spent...

Susan RoAne: The time spent...

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom...

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Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

Emily Dickinson: His Labor is...

His Labor is a Chant --
His Idleness --a Tune --
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of...

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Beah Richards: For me life...

Beah Richards: For me life...

For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a...

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