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Louisa May Alcott: Let my name...

Louisa May Alcott: Let my name...

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some...

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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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George Eliot: Among all forms...

George Eliot: Among all forms...

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.

Source: Middlemarch,...

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George Eliot: She was no...

George Eliot: She was no...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in...

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George Eliot: Necessity does the...

George Eliot: Necessity does the...

Necessity does the work of courage.

Source: Romola, 1863
-- George Eliot, (Nov...

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Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

Louisa May Alcott: I like to...

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever...

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George Eliot: It is generally...

George Eliot: It is generally...

It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of...

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Katharine Hepburn: It's a business...

Katharine Hepburn: It's a business...

It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing...

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Dorothy Parker: Lips that taste...

Dorothy Parker: Lips that taste...

Lips that taste of tears, they say
Are the best for kissing.


Source:...

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh: For happiness one...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh: For happiness one...

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of...

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Fran Lebowitz: Vegetables are interesting...

Fran Lebowitz: Vegetables are interesting...

Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of...

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Susan Sontag: Jews and homosexuals...

Susan Sontag: Jews and homosexuals...

Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the...

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Helen Keller: I thank God...

Helen Keller: I thank God...

I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

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Dorothy Parker: Drink, and dance...

Dorothy Parker: Drink, and dance...

Drink, and dance and laugh and lie,
Love the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But,...

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Dorothy Parker: That woman speaks...

Dorothy Parker: That woman speaks...

That woman speaks eighteen languages and can't say No in any of them.

Source: Said...

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Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

Madeleine L'Engle: When the bright...

When the bright angel [of creativity] dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven...

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George Eliot: It is a...

George Eliot: It is a...

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his...

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George Eliot: I've never any...

George Eliot: I've never any...

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with...

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Katharine Hepburn: . . ....

Katharine Hepburn: . . ....

. . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't...

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Dorothy Parker: Just begin a...

Dorothy Parker: Just begin a...

Just begin a story with such a phrase as 'I remember Disraeli - poor old Dizz! - once saying to me, in answer to my...

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