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

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I grew up with that completely fictive idea of motherhood, where the mother never strayed from the kitchen. All the women in my books are very afraid that if they do anything with their minds they won't be complete women. I don't think my daughters' generation has that feeling.

A. S. Byatt's Popular Quotes

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

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

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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.

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