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Susan B Anthony: If all the...

Susan B Anthony: If all the...

If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to...

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Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

Susan B Anthony: [Bicycling] has done...

[Bicycling] has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance...

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Monica Baldwin: The refectory is...

Monica Baldwin: The refectory is...

The refectory is a cenacle in which the taking of food is transfigured almost into a...

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Andrea Dworkin: The fact that...

Andrea Dworkin: The fact that...

The fact that we are all trained to be mothers from infancy on means that we are all trained to devote our lives to...

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Susan Sontag: Science fiction films...

Susan Sontag: Science fiction films...

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of...

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Susan Sontag: The past itself,...

Susan Sontag: The past itself,...

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects --making it...

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Annie Dillard: The dedicated life...

Annie Dillard: The dedicated life...

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

Source:...

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P D James: What the detective...

P D James: What the detective...

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

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Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

Margaret Atwood: I've never understood...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten...

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Anita Loos: Today there are...

Anita Loos: Today there are...

Today there are no fairy tales for us to believe in, and this is possibly a reason for the universal prevalence of...

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George Eliot: What loneliness is...

George Eliot: What loneliness is...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Source: Middlemarch, bk. 5, ch. 44,...

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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: Our virtues are...

George Eliot: Our virtues are...

Our virtues are dearer to us the more we have had to suffer for them. It is the same with our children. All profound...

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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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George Eliot: Failure after long...

George Eliot: Failure after long...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a...

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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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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: 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: Of a truth,...

George Eliot: Of a truth,...

Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may...

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George Eliot: I desire no...

George Eliot: I desire no...

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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