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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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Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

Jane Austen: A lady's imagination...

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a...

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Helen Rowland: Why does a...

Helen Rowland: Why does a...

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her --when, nine times out of...

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Rebecca Harding Davis: North and South...

Rebecca Harding Davis: North and South...

North and South were equally confident that God was on their side, and appealed incessantly to...

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Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Helen Keller: Alone we can...

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Source: In Webster's...

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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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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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Dorothy Parker: I'd like to...

Dorothy Parker: I'd like to...

I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if...

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Dorothy Parker: . . ....

Dorothy Parker: . . ....

. . . as for helping me in the outside world, the Convent taught me only that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will...

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Dorothy Parker: Money cannot buy...

Dorothy Parker: Money cannot buy...

Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.

Source:...

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Dorothy Parker: You can lead...

Dorothy Parker: You can lead...

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

Source: Speech to...

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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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Maya Angelou: Education helps one...

Maya Angelou: Education helps one...

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

Source: In...

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Emily Dickinson: We must be...

Emily Dickinson: We must be...

We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

Source: Letter, 1874; in...

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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: I'm Nobody! Who...

Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody! Who...

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you -- Nobody -- Too?
Then there's a pair of us?
Don't tell! they'd advertise...

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George Eliot: Education was almost...

George Eliot: Education was almost...

Education was almost always a matter of luck usually ill luck in those distant days.

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Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

Helen Hunt Jackson: There is nothing...

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.

Source: Ramona...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Helen Hunt Jackson: Now and then...

Now and then one sees a face which has kept its smile pure and undefiled. Such a smile transfigures; such a smile, if...

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Rita Mae Brown: Show me a...

Rita Mae Brown: Show me a...

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to...

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