Almost before the big ...

Almost before the big motor-car stopped, the girl sprang out.
Almost before the big motor-car stopped, the girl sprang out.
 Carolyn Wells

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Sylvia Plath. Interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college-girl mentality.
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
 Harriet Tubman
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 William Ellery Channing
You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Quotes from the same author

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.
 Carolyn Wells
Society's the mother of convention.
 Carolyn Wells
Happiness is the ability to recognize it.
 Carolyn Wells
Wall Street. - The abode of the Brokers and the Broke.
 Carolyn Wells
To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.
 Carolyn Wells