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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.


Anne Bronte

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ANNE STEVENSON Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.
ANNE BRADSTREET When you make his sandwiches, put a sexy or loving note in his lunch box . . .
ANNE RICE Life has no meaning any more does it? The wine has no taste, the food sickens you, there seems no re...
ANNE RICE You'll sing a song of victory, eternally, though there is none to be had.
ANNE RICE I was particularly stunned by the casting of [Tom] Cruise, who is no more my Vampire LeStat than Edw...
ANNE RICE But at that moment I heard Claudia's voice. She was calling my name. I turned, and, through the tang...
ANNE RICE People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know w...
ANNE RICE During this crisis you failed us
ANNE RICE Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
ANNE RICE I look around at my peers, and I'm so blown away by their talent and their beauty and their cool...
ANNE HATHAWAY The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.
ANNE LAMOTT I cannot promise very much.I give you the images I know.Lie still with me and watch.We laugh and we ...
ANNE SEXTON After two undefeated seasons of 'Worst Cooks in America,' I'm ready for a third. Going a...
ANNE BURRELL The great question, is there anything at all which is worth fighting such a war about, with the deva...
ANNE PERRY I work reasonably hard. Though probably not harder than many people. I work probably eight or nine h...
ANNE PERRY