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Hannah Arendt: The ceaseless, senseless...

Hannah Arendt: The ceaseless, senseless...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition is now possible,...

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Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

Barbara De Angelis: If you aren't...

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If it isn't...

Grace Murray Hopper: If it isn't...

If it isn't bolted down, bring it home.

Source: In The Manager's Book of...

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Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Katherine Mansfield: Looking back, I...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything,...

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George Sand: The trade of...

George Sand: The trade of...

The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.

Source: Letter,...

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its...

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M F K Fisher: . . ....

M F K Fisher: . . ....

. . . most bereaved souls crave nourishment more tangible than prayers: they want a steak.

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Doroth?e DeLuzy: We believe at...

Doroth?e DeLuzy: We believe at...

We believe at once in evil, we only believe in good upon reflection. Is this not sad?

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Christina of Sweden: Nuns and married...

Christina of Sweden: Nuns and married...

Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.

Source: Maxims,...

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Toni Morrison: Bryn Mawr had...

Toni Morrison: Bryn Mawr had...

Bryn Mawr had done what a four-year dose of liberal education was designed to do: unfit her for eighty per cent of...

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Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Betty Smith: Look at everything...

Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be...

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Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

Beatrix Potter: All outward forms...

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. . . . Believe there is a great...

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Margot Asquith: An imitation rough...

Margot Asquith: An imitation rough...

An imitation rough diamond.

Source: As I Remember.
-- Margot Asquith, (Feb 2...

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Margot Asquith: Dear boy, it...

Margot Asquith: Dear boy, it...

Dear boy, it isn't that your manners are bad -- it's simply that you have no manners at...

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Margery Allingham: When the habitually...

Margery Allingham: When the habitually...

When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the...

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Harper Lee: The one thing...

Harper Lee: The one thing...

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Source:...

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Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

Marguerite Duras: The woman is...

The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man...

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Barbara Bush: Some people give...

Barbara Bush: Some people give...

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life's blood . . . but...

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Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

Martha Wright Griffiths: The biggest problem...

The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the...

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Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

Annie Dillard: A schedule defends...

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand...

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