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    Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
    “It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”
    ― Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
    tags: healing, pain, remembrance, scars, time
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters
    tags: god, humor, life
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    Théophile Gautier
    “Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”
    ― Théophile Gautier
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Virginia Woolf
    “I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
    tags: women
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    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
    “Well-behaved women seldom make history.”
    ― Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
    tags: inspirational, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt, women
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    Joseph Conrad
    “Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
    ― Joseph Conrad, Chance
    tags: women
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    Anaïs Nin
    “I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.”
    ― Anaïs Nin
    tags: men, women
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
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    Virginia Woolf
    “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
    tags: freedom, women, writing
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    Brigham Young
    “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
    ― Brigham Young
    tags: education, feminism, men, women
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    George Carlin
    “Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.”
    ― George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring The Pork Chops?
    tags: crazy, men, stupid, truth, women
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    Nora Ephron
    “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
    ― Nora Ephron
    tags: courage, empowerment, self-determination, women
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    Bette Davis
    “When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
    ― Bette Davis
    tags: clichés, double-standards, empowerment, feminism, gender, hypocrisy, misogyny, opinions, speaking-out, stereotypes, women
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    Charlotte Brontë
    “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
    ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women
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    Mark Twain
    “What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, men, women
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    Elizabeth Peters
    “No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.”
    ― Elizabeth Peters
    tags: amelia-peabody, men, women
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    Margaret Thatcher
    “In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
    ― Margaret Thatcher
    tags: gender-roles, gender-stereotypes, men, women
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    Virginia Woolf
    “Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”
    ― Virginia Woolf
    tags: men, rescuing, women
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    Lilith Saintcrow
    “Better to be strong than pretty and useless.”
    ― Lilith Saintcrow, Strange Angels
    tags: girls, inspirational, pretty, strength, women
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    Audrey Hepburn
    “There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.”
    ― Audrey Hepburn
    tags: sex-appeal, women
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    Robert Jordan
    “Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.”
    ― Robert Jordan
    tags: forgiveness, men, women
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    Coco Chanel
    “It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”
    ― Coco Chanel
    tags: autonomy, bachelorhood, empowerment, freedom, independence, individuality, love, marriage, matrimony, men, self-determination, self-sufficiency, singles, strength, women
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  • #23
    “I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
    ― Madonna
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    Mae West
    “Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: chivalry, men, protection, relationships, women
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    Jane Austen
    “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
    ― Jane Austen, Persuasion
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    Donald J. Trump
    “Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.”
    ― Donald Trump
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    Alphonse Karr
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
    ― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden
    tags: complaints, glass-half-full, gratitude, misattributed-abraham-lincoln, optimism, perspective, pessimism, positive-thinking, roses, thorns
    2366 likes

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    Stephen King
    “you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”
    ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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