"Turning one hundred was the worst birthday of my life. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Turning 101 was not so bad. Once you're past that century mark, it's just not as shocking."

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Source : Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth (1993). “Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years”, p.208, Kodansha America

Annie Elizabeth Delany

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“One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.”
“Theres something about girls and unicorns thats deep and meaningful. Something about childhood.”
“... we believe in the vocation of communion and participation of our people, who day to day awaken to their political conscience and express their desire for change and profound democratization of society. A change based on justice, built with love, and which will bring us the most anxiously desired fruits of peace.”
“Mental illness seems to be a communication problem between interpreters one and two.”
“Universal empire is the prerogative of a writer. His concerns are with all mankind, and though he cannot command their obedience,he can assign them their duty. The Republic of Letters is more ancient than monarchy, and of far higher character in the world than the vassal court of Britain.”
“But things change, of course, and so do the ways in which people see themselves.”
“I realised that if you get yourself labeled as the funny one, people don't look any further. I've used that as I've got older. It's controlling: I decide what part of my personality you're seeing. I don't want you to look at me, I really don't. I don't want you to comment on my clothes, my hair or the way I look.”

Source : "Catherine the Great" by Miranda Sawyer, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2006.
“I thought soccer was my future, but I got too big.”

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