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

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…words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her food and drink too--and if it is attacked or pulled down, why, what can she do but make more, spin afresh, design anew….

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.

- A. S. Byatt

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

- A. S. Byatt

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

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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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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