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George Eliot: The presence of...

George Eliot: The presence of...

The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to...

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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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George Eliot: An ass may...

George Eliot: An ass may...

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

Source: Romola, ch....

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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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Susan Sontag: Illness is the...

Susan Sontag: Illness is the...

Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: That indescribable expression...

Helen Hunt Jackson: That indescribable expression...

That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they...

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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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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: Never trust a...

Helen Rowland: Never trust a...

Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.

Source: The Rubaiyat of a...

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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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Susan Sontag: We live under...

Susan Sontag: We live under...

We live under continual threat of two equally fearful, but seemingly opposed, destinies: unremitting banality and...

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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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Dorothy Parker: Where's the man...

Dorothy Parker: Where's the man...

Where's the man could ease a heart,
Like a satin gown?


Source: The Satin Dress,...

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Katharine Hepburn: We are taught...

Katharine Hepburn: We are taught...

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers -- but never blame...

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Agnes George DeMille: Theater people are...

Agnes George DeMille: Theater people are...

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America...

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Emily Dickinson: Not knowing when...

Emily Dickinson: Not knowing when...

Not knowing when the dawn will come
I open every door.


Source: In Pearls of...

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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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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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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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