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Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

Ernestine L Rose: When a man...

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my...

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Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

Fannie Lou Hamer: If the white...

If the white man gives you anything -- just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take...

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Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Marge Piercy: Life is the...

Life is the first gift, love the second, and understanding the third.

Source: In...

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Simone de Beauvoir: The fact that...

Simone de Beauvoir: The fact that...

The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human...

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Dorothea Brande: Envisioning the end...

Dorothea Brande: Envisioning the end...

Envisioning the end is enough to put the means in motion.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

Elizabeth Dole: We aim to...

We aim to give a 'wake-up call' to businesses, to alert them to the fact that the next 'fair-haired boy' of their...

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Ann Richards: Poor George [Bush],...

Ann Richards: Poor George [Bush],...

Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

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Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

Jane Harrison: To be meek,...

To be meek, patient, tactful, modest, honorable, brave, is not to be either manly or womanly; it is to be...

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Olive Schreiner: How hard it...

Olive Schreiner: How hard it...

How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on...

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Tillie Olsen: There are worse...

Tillie Olsen: There are worse...

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

Source: In Words...

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Fay Weldon: The desire for...

Fay Weldon: The desire for...

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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Barbara De Angelis: Love's greatest gift...

Barbara De Angelis: Love's greatest gift...

Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.

Source:...

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Judith Viorst: Brevity may be...

Judith Viorst: Brevity may be...

Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying I love you.

Source:...

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Anne Bronte: All true histories...

Anne Bronte: All true histories...

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial...

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Anne Tyler: None of my...

Anne Tyler: None of my...

None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life -- motherhood, middle age,...

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Gail Godwin: Some things arrive...

Gail Godwin: Some things arrive...

Some things arrive in their own mysterious hour, on their own terms and not yours, to be seized or relinquished...

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Gail Godwin: The best antidote...

Gail Godwin: The best antidote...

The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward...

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Janet Frame: [V]ery often the...

Janet Frame: [V]ery often the...

[V]ery often the law of extremity demands an attention to irrelevance. . . .

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Gertrude Stein: Americans are very...

Gertrude Stein: Americans are very...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is what always upsets the...

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