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George Eliot: I at least...

George Eliot: I at least...

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that...

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George Eliot: It will never...

George Eliot: It will never...

It will never rain roses; when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

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George Eliot: No soul is...

George Eliot: No soul is...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and...

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George Eliot: Renunciation remains sorrow,...

George Eliot: Renunciation remains sorrow,...

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Source: The Mill on...

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Jane Austen: She was nothing...

Jane Austen: She was nothing...

She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging young woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her...

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Jane Austen: One cannot have...

Jane Austen: One cannot have...

One cannot have too large a party.

Source: 'Emma'
-- Jane Austen, (Dec 16...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Words are less...

Words are less needful to sorrow than to joy.

Source: Ramona, 1884.
-- Helen...

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Rita Mae Brown: Intuition is a...

Rita Mae Brown: Intuition is a...

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

Source: Southern...

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Emily Dickinson: I took one...

Emily Dickinson: I took one...

I took one Draught of Life --
I'll tell you what I paid --
Precisely an existence --
The market price, they...

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Katharine Hepburn: The average Hollywood...

Katharine Hepburn: The average Hollywood...

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an...

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Katharine Hepburn: I don't care...

Katharine Hepburn: I don't care...

I don't care what is written about me as long as it isn't true.

Source: In An...

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Emily Dickinson: Let us go...

Emily Dickinson: Let us go...

Let us go in; the fog is rising.

Source: Attributed last words; in A Certain World,...

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Fran Lebowitz: Do not allow...

Fran Lebowitz: Do not allow...

Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.

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Erma Bombeck: The grass is...

Erma Bombeck: The grass is...

The grass is always greener over the septic tank.

Source: From Charades, an...

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Helen Keller: The world is...

Helen Keller: The world is...

The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of...

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Helen Keller: We can do...

Helen Keller: We can do...

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Source: In Webster's...

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Dorothy Parker: How do people...

Dorothy Parker: How do people...

How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack.
I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with...

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Helen Rowland: The honeymoon is...

Helen Rowland: The honeymoon is...

The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our...

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Virgilia Peterson: Perhaps it is...

Virgilia Peterson: Perhaps it is...

Perhaps it is the expediency in the political eye that blinds it.

Source: A Matter...

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Susan Sontag: The hard truth...

Susan Sontag: The hard truth...

The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes...

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