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Georgie Anne Geyer: The more revolutions...

Georgie Anne Geyer: The more revolutions...

The more revolutions occur, the less things change.

Source: The New Latins,...

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Ernestine L Rose: Slavery and freedom...

Ernestine L Rose: Slavery and freedom...

Slavery and freedom cannot exist together.

Source: Speech, 14 May 14 1863, at a...

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Sonia Johnson: We must remember...

Sonia Johnson: We must remember...

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined...

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Dorothy Day: I have long...

Dorothy Day: I have long...

I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If one talks...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: If one talks...

If one talks to more than four people it is an audience, and one cannot really think or exchange thoughts with an...

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Maya Angelou: I love to...

Maya Angelou: I love to...

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick...

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Anna Jameson: A man may...

Anna Jameson: A man may...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.

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Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Anne Frank: Laziness may appear...

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

Source: The Diary of a...

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Anne Frank: Just imagine how...

Anne Frank: Just imagine how...

Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the Secret Annexe. The title alone would be...

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Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

Martha Gellhorn: People may correctly...

People may correctly remember the events of twenty years ago (a remarkable feat), but who remembers his fears, his...

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Sally Kempton: All children are...

Sally Kempton: All children are...

All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will.

Source:...

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Florida Scott-Maxwell: Life does not...

Florida Scott-Maxwell: Life does not...

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys...

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Candice Bergen: When are you...

Candice Bergen: When are you...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't matter?

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Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Nina Simone: Jazz is not...

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we...

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Gwendolyn Bennett: Some things are...

Gwendolyn Bennett: Some things are...

Some things are very dear to me --
Such things as flowers bathed by rain
Or patterns traced upon the...

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Amy Lowell: Moon!<br>Moon!<br>I am prone...

Amy Lowell: Moon!
Moon!
I am prone...

Moon!
Moon!
I am prone before you.
Pity me,
And drench me in loneliness.


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Adrienne Rich: It's exhilarating...

Adrienne Rich: It's exhilarating...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and...

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Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

Dodie Smith: My imagination longs...

My imagination longs to dash ahead and plan developments; but I have noticed that when things happen in one's...

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Anne Sexton: The beautiful feeling...

Anne Sexton: The beautiful feeling...

The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a...

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Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Bette Davis: Never, never trust...

Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they're phonies.

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