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Austen has a strong feminist vision of marital happiness. And that was a radical viewpoint for its time.


Helen Thompson

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HELEN ROWLAND I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as t...
HELEN KELLER A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
HELEN ROWLAND A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a ...
HELEN ROWLAND A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
HELEN ROWLAND A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse
HELEN ROWLAND Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a...
HELEN ROWLAND Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the childr...
HELEN KELLER Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or e...
HELEN MIRREN One man's folly is another man's wife.
HELEN ROWLAND The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt wi...
HELEN KELLER One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.
HELEN KELLER Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure...
HELEN KELLER The sudden ending of a White House career all seems so unceremonious for aides who have personally s...
HELEN THOMAS The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of ...
HELEN KELLER There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes p...
HELEN FISHER I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginni...
HELEN MIRREN It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the sa...
HELEN KELLER