I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

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Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.

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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

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The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

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I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.

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I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

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Many argue; not many converse.

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