Quotes of Separate - somelinesforyou

“ I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. ”

- Rebecca West

“ Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Man is a make-believe animal — he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. ”

- William Hazlitt

“ Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds; they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material. ”

- Francis Scott Fitzgerald

“ For the most part, I'm very happy with the pace I'm taking to get where I'm going. I think, in a couple of years, everyone will know who Nia Long is. ”

- Nia Long

“ I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book. ”

- Gloria Swanson

“ We cannot tear out a single page from our life, but we can throw the whole book into the fire. ”

- George Sand

“ A good part — and definitely the most fun part — of being a feminist is about frightening men. ”

- Julie Burchill

“ Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. ”

- Bible

“ We need a sense of the value of time — that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities. ”

- Arnold Bennett

“ An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. ”

- Anatole France

“ He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fulness of perfection lies in him. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part. ”

- Michael Bruce

“ An isolated outbreak of virginity is a rash on the face of society. It arouses only pity from the married, and embarrassment from the single. ”

- Charlotte Bingham

“ Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather. ”

- Lionel Trilling

“ The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life — and one is as good as the other. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; its opposite, the unthought part which you say. ”

- Henry Van Dyke

“ By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never. ”

- Jean de La Fontaine

“ In America, sex is an obsession; in other parts of the world it's a fact. ”

- Marlene Dietrich

“ Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest. ”

- Helen Rowland

“ If it isn't a success, that still wouldn't be grounds for divorce. ”

- Geena Davis

“ The union of lakes - the union of lands - The union of States none can sever - The union of hearts - the union of hands - And the flag of our union for ever! ”

- George P. Morris

“ The soul can split the sky in two, and let the face of God shine through. ”

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

“ Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I could set my ten commandments in your face. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ We are all part of American history. Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero.... The world needs his message today more than ever before. ”

- Morgan Freeman

“ Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry. ”

- Hedy Lamarr

“ God save the mark! ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce. ”

- Gandhi
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