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“A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practised coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.”
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“For many people — from secular feminists to observant Jews — the notion of a feminist Judaism is an oxymoron.”
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“Be happy, talk happiness. Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours.”
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“Not only is orderliness an economy; it produces rest.”
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“Like everyone in his right mind, I feared Santa Claus.”
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“There is often a turning point in life long before it is suspected by those who look on, much less by the one who is actually passing the boundary ...”
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“What novelty is worth the sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known?”
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“The most stupendous system of organized robbery known has been that of the church towards woman, a robbery that has not only taken her self-respect but all rights of person; the fruits of her own industry; her opportunities of education; the exercise of her judgment, her own conscience, her own will.”