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Herself Quotes (page 25)

What lingered after them was not life, which always overcomes natural death, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a wall, a room dim at noon, and the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself. Jeffrey Eugenides
My mother has made choices in her life, as we all must, and she is at peace with them. I can see her peace. She did not cop out on herself. The benefits of her choices are massive-a long, stable marriage to a man she still calls her best friend; a family that has extended now into grandchildren who adore her; a certainty in her own strength. Maybe some things were sacrificed, and my dad made his sacrifices, too-but who amongst us lives without sacrifice? Elizabeth Gilbert
But of course, it had all been her? by her and about her, and now she was back in the world, not one she could make, but the one that had made her, and she felt herself shrinking under the early evening sky Ian Mcewan
It is not necessarily poverty of spirit that makes a woman surround herself with life—it can be a superabundance of interest... F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lady Gregory quote: "She is a girl and would not be afraid to walk the whole world..."
She is a girl and would not be afraid to walk the whole world with herself. Lady Gregory
Deep inside her (ih her harrowed soul) she felt a glowing ember of fury at the man responsible for this. Tha man who had put her in this position. She looked at the pistol lying beside the basin, and knew that if he were here, she would use it on him without a moment's hesitation. Knowing that made her feel confused about herself. It also made her feel a little stronger. Stephen King
Jane Austen quote: "told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope..."
told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entere? Jane Austen
She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy. Cornelia Funke
Anne Morrow Lindbergh quote: "Woman must come of age by herself -- she must find her true..."
Woman must come of age by herself -- she must find her true center alone. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Dorothy Allison quote: "I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river...."
I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253) Dorothy Allison
Come, my child," I said, trying to lead her away. "Wish good-bye to the poor hare, and come and look for blackberries."Good-bye, poor hare!" Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away. And then, all in a moment, her self-command gave way. Pulling her hand out of mine, she ran back to where the dead hare was lying, and flung herself down at its side in such an agony of grief as I could hardly have believed possible in so young a child."Oh, my darling, my... Lewis Carroll
She expected from other people the same opinions and feeling as her own, and she judged their motives by the immediate effect of their actions on herself. Jane Austen
C.-C.: My dear Arnold, we all hope that you have before you a distinguished political career. You can't learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. ARNOLD: But supposing it doesn't come off? Women are incalculable. C.-C.: Nonsense! Men are romantic. A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self-indulgence. ARNOLD: I never know whether you're a humorist or a cynic,... W. Somerset Maugham
Aye, so it is," cried her mother, "and Mrs. Long does not come back till the day before; so it will be impossible for her to introduce him, for she will not know him herself. Jane Austen
At sixteen Sabina took moon baths, first of all because everyone else took sun baths, and second, she admitted, because she had been told it was dangerous. The effect of moon baths was unknown, but it was intimated that it might be the opposite of the sun’s effect. The first time she exposed herself she was frightened. What would the consequences be? Anais Nin

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