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Fannie Hurst

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American novelist (1889–1968)

Person · Open Library

Born
18 October 1889
Died
23 February 1968
Works
72

Top works

  • The Best Short Stories of 1916
  • Back Street, Broadway Edition
  • Star-Dust (Esprios Classics)
  • Every Soul Hath Its Song (Esprios Classics)
  • A president is born / by Fannie Hurst

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United States
Active from
1994
Active to
1995

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Quotes

  • A woman still has to be twice as good as a man in order to get half as far.
  • Do you know it is said that on the Desert of Sahara, the slope of Sorrento, and the marble of Fifth Avenue the sun can shine whitest? There is an iridescence to its glittering on bleached sand, blue bay, and Carrara façade that is sheer light distilled to its utmost.
  • When the two sides of every story are told, Henry VIII may establish an alibi or two, Shylock and the public-school system meet over and melt that too, too solid pound of flesh, and Xantippe, herself the sturdier man than Socrates, give ready, lie to what is called the shrew in her.
  • Dawn—then a blue, wintry sky, the color and hardness of enamel; and sunshine, bright, yet so far off the eye could stare up to it unsquinting.
  • The heart has a resiliency. Strained to breaking, it can contract again. Even the waiting women, Iseult and Penelope, learned, as they sat sorrowing and watching, to sing to the swing of the sea.
  • It was any hotel suite now—uncompromising; leave me or take me.

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