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Quote by Virginia Woolf

“For we think back through our mothers if we are women.”

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British modernist writer, known for her unique narrative techniques and profound portrayal of female experience. Her works include 'To the Lighthouse' and 'Mrs. Dalloway'. more

“One can say this in general of men: they are ungrateful, disloyal, insincere and deceitful, timid of danger and avid of profit...Love is a bond of obligation that these miserable creatures break whenever it suits them to do so; but fear holds them fast by a dread of punishment that never passes.”

Men Love Is Break Danger Creatures Profit Punishment Obligation Suits Miserable Dread Ungrateful Deceitful Avid Insincere Disloyal

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.”

Prayer Liberty Wind

Book:Jane Eyre

Source: Jane Eyre

“The "discovery" of poverty at the beginning of the 1960s was something like the "discovery" of America almost five hundred years earlier. In the case of each of these exotic terrains, plenty of people were on the site before the discoverers ever arrived.”

People Years America Culture Poverty Cases Five Diversity Hundred Discovery Social Justice Plenty Site 1960s Exotic Terrain Discovery Of America

Book:FEAR OF FALLING

Source: FEAR OF FALLING

“The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature.”

Humans Different Feelings Human Nature Accidents Frankenstein Novel

Book:Frankenstein

Source: Frankenstein

“I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )”

Language Responsibility Learning Poet Listening Glad

Author:Nikki Giovanni

“There is no color line in art.”

Lines Color

Author:Langston Hughes

“I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.”

People World Believe Earth I Believe Grows Enjoy Growing Up This World Planets Diversity Social Justice Better Place Planet Earth

Author:Rosa Parks

“Whenever someone refers to me as someone "who happens to be black," I wonder if they realize that both my parents are black. If I had turned out to be Scandinavian or Chinese, people would have wondered what was going on.”

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Book:Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays

Source: Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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