"She remembered how she had felt cleaning out……" — J. Courtney Sullivan
"She remembered how she had felt cleaning out her father's clothes, wanting at once to hold on to every dirty handkerchief and musty page of sheet much, and yet wishing she were anywhere else on earth, free of it all."
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24 Quotes by J. Courtney Sullivan
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When I was in fourth grade, a novelist came to talk to my English class. She told us that being…
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There were so many ways to be twenty-six years old.
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You all seem to think that you should marry someone when you feel this intense emotion, which you call love.…
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A kid thinks her mother is just that -- hers. A mother is also a woman, an independent being, who…
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Timing was everything when it came to being a woman—the moment you entered the world could seal your fate.
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For whatever reason, various outlets and individuals are committed to making the world think that young girls don't talk or…
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Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity - the same stuff more flexible women…
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Fiction will always be my greatest love, with poetry close behind.
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In high school, during marathon phone conversations, cheap pizza dinners and long suburban car rides, I began to fall for…
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker,…
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This was how the modern working girl behaved. She didn’t hide her femininity or apologize for it, as they did…
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We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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