Sunday, March 8, 2015

Monday, 3.8: Notes on Women Writers

Today, we'll take notes on breakthrough women writers. 

Quotes for the homework given in class:

Half the trouble in life is caused by pretending there isn't any."
“After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.”
“Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all deadly sins.”
“I don’t know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made life interesting.
“If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.”
“If she was faintly aware of fresh difficulties ahead, she was sure of her ability to meet them: it was characteristic of her to feel that the only problems she could not solve were those with which she was familiar.”
“No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.”
“She was not accustomed to taste the joys of solitude except in company.”
“The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
“The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.”
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.”


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