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Emily Dickinson: Dreams are the...

Emily Dickinson: Dreams are the...

Dreams are the subtle Dower
That make us rich an Hour
Then fling us poor
Out of the purple...

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Emily Dickinson: I measure every...

Emily Dickinson: I measure every...

I measure every Grief I meet
With narrow, probing Eyes --
I wonder if It weighs like Mine --
Or has an Easier...

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Andrea Dworkin: Men renounce whatever...

Andrea Dworkin: Men renounce whatever...

Men renounce whatever they have in common with women so as to experience no commonality with women; and what is left,...

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Fran Lebowitz: Spilling your guts...

Fran Lebowitz: Spilling your guts...

Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds.

Source: Social...

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Fran Lebowitz: Large, naked, raw...

Fran Lebowitz: Large, naked, raw...

Large, naked, raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting...

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Erma Bombeck: I take a...

Erma Bombeck: I take a...

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: Checkout Time is 18...

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Helen Rowland: Between lovers a...

Helen Rowland: Between lovers a...

Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing.

Source: Reflections of a...

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Helen Rowland: In olden times...

Helen Rowland: In olden times...

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar -- a practice which is still continued.

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Helen Rowland: What a man...

Helen Rowland: What a man...

What a man calls his conscience is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or...

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Helen Rowland: When you see...

Helen Rowland: When you see...

When you see a married couple coming down the street, the one who is two or three steps ahead is the one that's...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If you let...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If you let...

If you let yourself be absorbed completely, if you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more...

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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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Ingrid Bengis: Imagination has always...

Ingrid Bengis: Imagination has always...

Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match.

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Helen Keller: I can see,...

Helen Keller: I can see,...

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made...

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Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Source: In Webster's...

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Helen Keller: My darkness has...

Helen Keller: My darkness has...

My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and...

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Helen Keller: The welfare of...

Helen Keller: The welfare of...

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Helen Keller: To keep our...

Helen Keller: To keep our...

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength...

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Dorothy Parker: Razors pain you<br>Rivers...

Dorothy Parker: Razors pain you
Rivers...

Razors pain you
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses...

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Dorothy Parker: Oh, don't worry...

Dorothy Parker: Oh, don't worry...

Oh, don't worry about Alan . . . Alan will always land on somebody's feet.

Source:...

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