“ If Los Angeles is a woman reclining billboard model and the San Fernando Valley is her teenybopper sister, then New York is their cousin. Her hair is dyed autumn red or aubergine or Egyptian henna, de… Francesca Lia Block
“ The thought of being completely dependent disturbs people till the moment their eyes are opened to reality. Auliq Ice
“ I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it. Victoria Woodhull
“ There’s nothing todiscussthere’s nothing torememberthere’s nothing toforgetit’s sadand it’s notsadseems themost sensiblethinga person can doissitwith drink inhandas the wallswavetheir goodbyesmilesone… Charles Bukowski
“ Among the darker nations, Paris is famous for two betrayals. The first came in 1801, when Napoleon Bonaparte sent General Victor Leclerc to crush the Haitian Revolution, itself inspired by the French… Vijay Prashad
“ If [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening ... William Shakespeare
“ The Algerians were revolutionsists, they wanted land. France offered to let them be integrated into France. They told France, to hell with Fance, they wanted some land, not some France. Malcolm X
“ Authorship of anything apart from God is nothing more than a tragedy in the making. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Suddenly, it occurred to me that my feelings towards the little man were distinctly maternal. Good God, I thought, how utterly revolting, and I turned my mind firmly to the problem at hand. Laurie R. King
“ I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than… Charlotte Bronte
“ I do as I please, Monsieur Beauchamp, and believe me, what I do is always well done. Alexandre Dumas
“ I am not an angel, I asserted; and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Charlotte Bronte
“ To resist the social pressure now put even on one's leisure time, requires a tougher upbringing and a more obstinate willfulness about going one's own way, than ever before. Robert Graves
“ I have never deceived anyone, for I have never belonged to anyone. My independence was all my wealth: I have known no other happiness. Cora Pearl
“ When Washington visited Portsmouth in 1789, he was not much impressed by the architecture of the little town that had stood by him so stoutly in the struggle for independence. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
