"The trouble with Clare was, not only that……" — Nella Larsen
"The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well."
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10 Quotes by Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen has 10 quotes on this site.
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Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase.
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I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me.
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Lies, injustice, and hypocrisy are a part of every ordinary community. Most people achieve a sort of protective immunity, a…
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I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.
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Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, thought I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.
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What are friends for, if not to help bear our sins?
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These people yapped loudly of race, of race consciousness, of race pride, and yet suppressed its most delightful manifestations, love…
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Somewhere, within her, in a deep recess, crouched discontent. She began to lose confidence in the fullness of her life,…
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Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it
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