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George Eliot: Self-confidence is apt...

George Eliot: Self-confidence is apt...

Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a...

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Nadine Gordimer: Truth isn't always...

Nadine Gordimer: Truth isn't always...

Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Source: A Bolter and the...

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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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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Many a humble...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Many a humble...

Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed...

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P D James: Jealousy, he thought,...

P D James: Jealousy, he thought,...

Jealousy, he thought, was as physical as fear; the same dryness of the mouth, the thudding heart, the restlessness...

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Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

Mary Wortley Montagu: People commonly educate...

People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful,...

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P D James: We English are...

P D James: We English are...

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our...

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Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

Judith Viorst: One advantage of...

One advantage of marriage, it seems to me, is that when you fall out of love with him, or he falls out of love with...

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Patricia McKillip: [Imagination] must be...

Patricia McKillip: [Imagination] must be...

[Imagination] must be visited constantly, or else it begins to become restless and emit strange bellows at...

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George Eliot: The strongest principle...

George Eliot: The strongest principle...

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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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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Jane Austen: Friendship is the...

Jane Austen: Friendship is the...

Friendship is the finest balm for the pangs of despised love.

Source: In An...

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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: 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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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only in growth,...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Only in growth,...

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can never...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: One can never...

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay in kind somewhere else in life . . .

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Lynn Caine: Our society is...

Lynn Caine: Our society is...

Our society is set up so that most women lose their identities when their husbands die.

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Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

Natasha Josefowitz: We're still not...

We're still not where we're going but we're still not where we were.

Source:
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Susan B Anthony: I can see...

Susan B Anthony: I can see...

I can see that reap and deep, prayers and bears, . . . do rhyme, and so I suppose it is a splendid effort, but if you...

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Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Susan B Anthony: Oh, yes. I'd...

Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak....

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