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Lois McMaster Bujold: Good soldiers never...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Good soldiers never...

Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the...

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George Eliot: But human experience...

George Eliot: But human experience...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current...

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Jane Austen: Real solemn history,...

Jane Austen: Real solemn history,...

Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in . . . The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars or pestilences in...

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Enid Bagnold: The pleasure of...

Enid Bagnold: The pleasure of...

The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age -- what's called making a hit. But the hit is much...

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George Eliot: One must be...

George Eliot: One must be...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 2, ch. 17...

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George Eliot: He was at...

George Eliot: He was at...

He was at a starting point which makes many a man's career a fine subject for betting, if there were any gentlemen...

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George Eliot: Blessed is the...

George Eliot: Blessed is the...

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Source: In...

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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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Minna Thomas Antrim: Show me one...

Minna Thomas Antrim: Show me one...

Show me one who boasts continually of his openness, and I will show you one who conceals...

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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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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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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.

Source: In And I Quote,...

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Grace Paley: All that is...

Grace Paley: All that is...

All that is really necessary for survival of the fittest, it seems, is an interest in life, good, bad, or...

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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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Dorothy Parker: If I had...

Dorothy Parker: If I had...

If I had any decency, I'd be dead. Most of my friends are.

Source: At age...

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Dorothy Parker: I can't talk...

Dorothy Parker: I can't talk...

I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back on. I can't...

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Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Dorothy Parker: Women and elephants...

Women and elephants never forget.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for Success,...

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Dorothy Parker: I know that...

Dorothy Parker: I know that...

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield,...

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Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

'House Beautiful' is the play lousy.

Source: Theater review.
-- Dorothy Parker,...

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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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