Lillian Hellman (1905) After working as a book reviewer, press agent,and play reader, Hellman began writing plays in the 1930s. Her first major success, The Children’s Hour, concerned two schoolteachers falsely accused of lesbianism. She examined family infighting in her hit The Little Foxes […]

Thank goodness…I was never sent to school…it would have rubbed off some of the originality. Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)

equivocate Definition: (verb) To be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. Synonyms: prevaricate, beat around the bush, palter, tergiversate Usage: She was known for her tendency to equivocate, and many of her friends gave up […]

Blaise Pascal (1623) Pascal was a French mathematician,physicist, and religious philosopher. A child prodigy, he earned the envy of René Descartes with an essay he wrote on conic sections when he was still a teen. Credited with founding the modern theory of probability and advancing […]

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don’t. W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

overtone Definition: (noun) An ulterior, usually implicit meaning or quality; an implication or a hint. Often used in the plural. Synonyms: connotation, hint, implication, undercurrent, intimation Usage: There were overtones of discontent in his speech.

George Mallory (1886) Mallory was an English mountain climber who participated in the Everest expeditions of 1921, 1922, and 1924. The 1924 expedition culminated in a bold and possibly successful drive toward the summit by Mallory and Andrew Irvine, from which they did not return.Mallory’s […]

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Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster. George Eliot (1819-1880).  

clairvoyant Definition: (adjective) Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses. Synonyms: precognitive, second-sighted Usage: An advertisement marked “fortune-teller” listed the abilities of a supposedly clairvoyant woman.

John Hersey (1914) Born in China to missionary parents, Hersey worked as a journalist in East Asia, Italy, and the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1946, including as a war correspondent during WWII. In 1944, he won the Pulitzer Prize […]

There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I’ll be through with them. That’s a very comforting thought. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)