Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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A beautiful woman, Simone Weil said, seeing herself in the mirror, knows "This is I." An ugly woman knows with equal certainty, "This is not I." Maud knew this neat division represented an over-simplification. The doll-mask she saw had nothing to do with her, nothing.

A. S. Byatt's Popular Quotes

Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.

- A. S. Byatt

I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.

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I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do.

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I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.

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Independent women must expect more of themselves, since neither men nor other more conventionally domesticated women will hope for anything, or expec…

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I'm more interested in books than people, and I always expect everybody else to be, but they're not.

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What I need to write well is a combination of heat, light and solitude.

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Young girls are sad. They like to be; it makes them feel strong.

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Everything is surprising, rightly seen.

- A. S. Byatt