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Maya Angelou: There is a...

Maya Angelou: There is a...

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

Source:...

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Susan Sontag: Although none of...

Susan Sontag: Although none of...

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating...

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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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Dorothy Parker: The only 'ism'...

Dorothy Parker: The only 'ism'...

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Erma Bombeck: Women are never...

Erma Bombeck: Women are never...

Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift...

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Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Gertrude Stein: Money is always...

Money is always there, but the pockets change.

Source: The Practical Cogitator,...

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Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Louisa May Alcott: Life is my...

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!

Source: In The...

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Emily Dickinson: Unto a broken...

Emily Dickinson: Unto a broken...

Unto a broken heart
No other one may go
Without the high prerogative
Itself hath suffered...

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Emily Dickinson: The Truth must...

Emily Dickinson: The Truth must...

The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind.


Source: 1868; The Poems...

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Dorothy Parker: Men seldom make...

Dorothy Parker: Men seldom make...

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.


Source: News Item, Enough...

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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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Helen Rowland: The tenderest spot...

Helen Rowland: The tenderest spot...

The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Oh, write of...

Oh, write of me, not Died in bitter pains,
But Emigrated to another star!


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Maya Angelou: My life has...

Maya Angelou: My life has...

My life has been one great big joke,
A dance that's walked
A song that's spoke,
I laugh so hard I almost...

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Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

Rita Mae Brown: You sell a...

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

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Rita Mae Brown: Language is the...

Rita Mae Brown: Language is the...

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are...

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Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Rita Mae Brown: Humor comes from...

Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.

Source:...

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Rita Mae Brown: Lead me not...

Rita Mae Brown: Lead me not...

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Source: From a collection...

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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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