A.
Samuel Longhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, fits this description.
Basically, this quote means that you should do what's best for you even if the choices you make might hurt someone else. It also states that you need to do things that are in your best interest, even if they hurt and are painful because at the end of the day you are the most important person and you deserve to be happy.
Her doctor believed that intellectual effort was making her ill. Women were not supposed to exert themselves much physically." was the social attitude of Gilman’s era that the excerpt best demonstrates.
No. because the quotations are BEFORE the period. Some titles have periods, so that's fine, but it's not supposed to be "titanic." it's supposed to be "Titanic".
A urgent
Urgent is the answer because it means to do something in a haste of quickly