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Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

Dorothy Parker: There's a helluva...

There's a helluva distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with...

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Andrea Dworkin: Undernourished, intelligence becomes...

Andrea Dworkin: Undernourished, intelligence becomes...

Undernourished, intelligence becomes like the bloated belly of a starving child: swollen, filled with nothing the body...

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Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Grace Metalious: Even Tom Sawyer...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend . . .

Source: Defending Peyton Place, NY Mirror, 6...

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Barbara Cartland: We romantic writers...

Barbara Cartland: We romantic writers...

We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of book where...

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Brigid Brophy: Whenever people say...

Brigid Brophy: Whenever people say...

Whenever people say we mustn't be sentimental, you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And, if they add,...

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George Eliot: When one wanted...

George Eliot: When one wanted...

When one wanted one's interests looking after whatever the cost, it was not so well for a lawyer to be over honest,...

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George Eliot: It was a...

George Eliot: It was a...

It was a pity he couldna be hatched o'er again, an' hatched different.

Source: Adam...

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George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

George Eliot: Abroad, that large...

Abroad, that large home of ruined reputations.

Source: Felix Holt, Epilogue...

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George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

George Eliot: A mother's yearning...

A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.

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George Eliot: The finest language...

George Eliot: The finest language...

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Source: In The...

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George Eliot: It always remains...

George Eliot: It always remains...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against...

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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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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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Alice Meynell: Spirit of place!...

Alice Meynell: Spirit of place!...

Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that...

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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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Aretha Franklin: And I've been...

Aretha Franklin: And I've been...

And I've been hurt hurt bad. I might be just twenty-six, but I'm an old woman in disguise twenty-six goin'on...

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Mae West: You can say...

Mae West: You can say...

You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.

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Tallulah Bankhead: I'm the foe...

Tallulah Bankhead: I'm the foe...

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-heard whose identity is lost in the...

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Emily Dickinson: I argue thee...

Emily Dickinson: I argue thee...

I argue thee that love is life
And life hath immortality.


Source: In Words of...

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Emily Dickinson: Our journey had...

Emily Dickinson: Our journey had...

Our journey had advanced;
Our feet were almost come
To that odd fork in Being's road,
Eternity by...

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