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George Eliot: It's them as...

George Eliot: It's them as...

It's them as take advantage that get advantage i' this world.

Source: Mrs. Poyser,...

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Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

Jane Austen: An engaged woman...

An engaged woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and...

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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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Maya Angelou: The need for...

Maya Angelou: The need for...

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Source: I Know Why...

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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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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: Existence is no...

Susan Sontag: Existence is no...

Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and...

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Susan B Anthony: I can't say...

Susan B Anthony: I can't say...

I can't say that the college-bred woman is the most contented woman. The broader her mind the more she understands the...

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Hortense Calisher: When anything gets...

Hortense Calisher: When anything gets...

When anything gets freed, a zest goes round the world.

Source: Herself, Pt. IV,...

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Rebecca Harding Davis: Reform is born...

Rebecca Harding Davis: Reform is born...

Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented,...

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Helen Keller: It gives me...

Helen Keller: It gives me...

It gives me a deep comforting sense that things seen are temporal and things unseen are...

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Fran Lebowitz: Stand firm in...

Fran Lebowitz: Stand firm in...

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as...

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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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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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Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Katharine Hepburn: Why slap them...

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a...

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Katharine Hepburn: Trying to be...

Katharine Hepburn: Trying to be...

Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.

Source: The Dick Cavett...

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Shirley Temple Black: I was very...

Shirley Temple Black: I was very...

I was very sophisticated when I was 17. When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was . . . I've been getting younger...

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Emily Dickinson: How much can...

Emily Dickinson: How much can...

How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the world!


Source: There...

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Emily Dickinson: If I read...

Emily Dickinson: If I read...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is...

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George Eliot: There are glances...

George Eliot: There are glances...

There are glances of hatred that stab, and raise no cry of murder.

Source: Felix...

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