"The literature of women's lives is a tradition of escapees, women who have lived to tell the tale."

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Source : Phyllis Rose (1993). “The Penguin book of women's lives”, Viking Canada

Phyllis Rose

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“Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.”
“Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviors from the great, Grow great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution.”
“Quart of whiskey a day for months working hard on a long poem. Wife hiding bottles, myself hiding bottles. Murderous and suicidal. Many hospitalizations, many alibis.”
“Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.”
“You can only look forward to a South Dakota winter if, as with childbirth, remodeling a house, or writing a novel, you're able to forget how bad it was the last time.”

Source : Dan O'Brien (2007). “Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch”, p.171, Random House
“I wanted to work on a cable show and with a writer/director because that's a much more fulfilling and freeing experience, as an actor.”

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“And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.”
“When people believe in you, you can do miraculous things.”

Source : "Strays - Vin Diesel interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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