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Erma Bombeck: One thing they...

Erma Bombeck: One thing they...

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are...

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Helen Rowland: To be happy...

Helen Rowland: To be happy...

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love...

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Simone de Beauvoir: There is no...

Simone de Beauvoir: There is no...

There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open...

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Rebecca Harding Davis: Nowhere in this...

Rebecca Harding Davis: Nowhere in this...

Nowhere in this country, from sea to sea, does nature comfort us with such assurance of plenty, such rich and tranquil...

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Helen Keller: No matter how...

Helen Keller: No matter how...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable...

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Erma Bombeck: Next to hot...

Erma Bombeck: Next to hot...

Next to hot chicken soup, a tattoo of an anchor on your chest, and penicillin, I consider a honeymoon one of the most...

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Andrea Dworkin: By the time...

Andrea Dworkin: By the time...

By the time we are women, fear is as familiar to us as air. It is our element. We live in it, we inhale it, we exhale...

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Susan B Anthony: Those of you...

Susan B Anthony: Those of you...

Those of you who have the talent to do honor to poor womanhood, have all given yourself over to baby-making. ....

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Susan Sontag: Anything in history...

Susan Sontag: Anything in history...

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward...

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Susan Sontag: Industrial societies turn...

Susan Sontag: Industrial societies turn...

Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution....

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Susan Sontag: Tamed as it...

Susan Sontag: Tamed as it...

Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness -- pushing us at intervals...

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George Eliot: But that intimacy...

George Eliot: But that intimacy...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once...

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George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

George Eliot: Friendships begin with...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Source: In...

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George Eliot: Hatred is like...

George Eliot: Hatred is like...

Hatred is like fire; it makes even light rubbish deadly.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: I'm proof against...

George Eliot: I'm proof against...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving...

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Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage...

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

Source: Pride & Prejudice/...

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Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

I believe in art that conceals art.

Source: Starting From Scratch/ 1988
-- Rita...

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Rita Mae Brown: I believe all...

Rita Mae Brown: I believe all...

I believe all literature started as gossip.

Source: Starting From Scratch/...

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Rita Mae Brown: Show me a...

Rita Mae Brown: Show me a...

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to...

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Emily Dickinson: We never know...

Emily Dickinson: We never know...

We never know how high we are
Till we are called to rise.
And then, if we are true to plan,
Our statures...

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