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Dorothy Parker: That would be...

Dorothy Parker: That would be...

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her...

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Dorothy Parker: If all the...

Dorothy Parker: If all the...

If all the girls attending it were laid end to end - I wouldn't be at all surprised.

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Simone de Beauvoir: Since it is...

Simone de Beauvoir: Since it is...

Since it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from...

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Catherine Drinker Bowen: Many a man...

Catherine Drinker Bowen: Many a man...

Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.

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Susan Sontag: Fear of sexuality...

Susan Sontag: Fear of sexuality...

Fear of sexuality is the new, disease-sponsored register of the universe of fear in which everyone now...

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Susan Sontag: Sanity is a...

Susan Sontag: Sanity is a...

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Source:
-- Susan Sontag, (Jan 16 1933-2004), US author,...

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George Eliot: It is possible...

George Eliot: It is possible...

It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: In all ranks...

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to...

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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Nobody had ever...

Harriet Beecher Stowe: Nobody had ever...

Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary...

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P D James: God gives every...

P D James: God gives every...

God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.

Source:...

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George Eliot: In spite of...

George Eliot: In spite of...

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and...

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George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

George Eliot: Delicious autumn! My...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the...

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George Eliot: Ignorance gives one...

George Eliot: Ignorance gives one...

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

Source: Daniel Deronda,...

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George Eliot: There are many...

George Eliot: There are many...

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Eliot: It's them as...

George Eliot: It's them as...

It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world.

Source: Mrs. Poyser,...

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Jane Austen: From politics, it...

Jane Austen: From politics, it...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Jane Austen: In every power,...

Jane Austen: In every power,...

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the...

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Jane Austen: We met ....

Jane Austen: We met ....

We met . . . Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be...

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Jane Austen: It was not...

Jane Austen: It was not...

It was not very wonderful that Catherine . . . should prefer cricket, base ball . . . to...

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Jane Austen: One half of...

Jane Austen: One half of...

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Source: Emma,...

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