Helen Hooven Santmyer famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
Are you really angry, or simply aware of anger in the body and mind? Don't speculate, simply look at what is there.
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions.
Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.
The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make 'big miracles' happen.
the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.
Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that.
I did experiment with ***** when I was a youth.

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