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Fanny Brice: Let the world...

Fanny Brice: Let the world...

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you...

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Sara Teasdale: I make the...

Sara Teasdale: I make the...

I make the most of all that comes,
And the least of all that goes.


Source: The...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I have a...

I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded-up moment walking in its...

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Sarah Josepha Hale: In this age...

Sarah Josepha Hale: In this age...

In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness...

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Vita Sackville-West: I have come...

Vita Sackville-West: I have come...

I have come to the conclusion after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at...

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Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Charlotte Bronte: Life is so...

Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

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Christina Rossetti: So now in...

Christina Rossetti: So now in...

So now in patience I possess
My soul year after tedious year,
Content to take the lowest place
The place...

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Ellen Terry: No amount of...

Ellen Terry: No amount of...

No amount of skill on the part of the actress can make up for the loss of youth.

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Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

Jacqueline Bisset: You need to...

You need to get in touch with your body ... do dance, movement, learn to be supple, or be someone who's coordinated,...

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Anna Letitia Barbauld: You speak of...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: You speak of...

You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his education was already...

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Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Patricia Schroeder: Many women have...

Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be...

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Elizabeth II: I should like...

Elizabeth II: I should like...

I should like to be a horse.

Source: When asked about her ambitions when a child;...

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Fay Weldon: Worry less about...

Fay Weldon: Worry less about...

Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about...

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Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

Madeleine L'Engle: To be born...

To be born is to start the journey towards death.

Source:
-- Madeleine L'Engle,...

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Jane Austen: A person who...

Jane Austen: A person who...

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

Source: Miss...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Marguerite Yourcenar: Leaving behind books...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful -- there are far too many children.

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Paule Marshall: My very first...

Paule Marshall: My very first...

My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her...

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Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Paule Marshall: Sometimes a person...

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back -- to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them --...

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Lydia M Child: The eye of...

Lydia M Child: The eye of...

The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.

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Anne Tyler: It seems to...

Anne Tyler: It seems to...

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a...

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