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Dorothy Parker: Wit has truth...

Dorothy Parker: Wit has truth...

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Source: In...

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Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

Dorothy Parker: House Beautiful' is...

'House Beautiful' is the play lousy.

Source: Theater review.
-- Dorothy Parker,...

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Susan Sontag: For those who...

Susan Sontag: For those who...

For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as...

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Susan Sontag: The problems of...

Susan Sontag: The problems of...

The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or...

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Helen Rowland: When a man...

Helen Rowland: When a man...

When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the...

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Fran Lebowitz: The telephone is...

Fran Lebowitz: The telephone is...

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

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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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Erma Bombeck: When my kids...

Erma Bombeck: When my kids...

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb...

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Erma Bombeck: It goes without...

Erma Bombeck: It goes without...

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

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Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

Rita Mae Brown: I believe in...

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

Source: Starting from...

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Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

Madeleine L'Engle: We can't take...

We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.

Source:...

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Madeleine L'Engle: The great thing...

Madeleine L'Engle: The great thing...

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

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George Eliot: Perhaps his might...

George Eliot: Perhaps his might...

Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate...

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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 not denyin'...

George Eliot: I'm not denyin'...

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish; God Almighty made 'em to match men.

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George Eliot: People who can't...

George Eliot: People who can't...

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

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Mary Wortley Montagu: Life is too...

Mary Wortley Montagu: Life is too...

Life is too short for a long story.

Source: Letter, 19 Jul 1759; in Selected...

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Annie Dillard: There is a...

Annie Dillard: There is a...

There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the...

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Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever...

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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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