The Duchess

With Apologies to Susan B. Anthony

"Failure is impossible." -- Susan B. Anthony, at her eighty-sixth birthday celebration (15 February 1906).

Begin again.

Daily Dose

From The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton

IT WAS

"It was success that dazzled her -- she could distinguish facts plainly enough in the twilight of failure."

From Chapter V

Daily Dose

From The Playboy of the Western World, by J. M. Synge

SAYS THE WIDOW QUIN

"I am your like, and it's for that I'm taking a fancy to you..."

From Act II

Daily Dose

From Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte

OH

"'Oh, nonsense!' cried the young lady, shaking herself with vexation.  'You either can't understand me, or you won't.  If I had not confidence in your magnanimity, I should think you envied me.  But you will perhaps comprehend this cause of pleasure -- which is as great as any -- namely, that I am delighted with myself for my prudence, my self-command, my heartlessness, if you please; I was not a bit taken by surprise, not a bit confused, or awkward, or foolish; I just acted and spoke as I ought to have done, and was completely my own mistress throughout.'"

From Chapter XIV, The Rector