"Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures."

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Source : Jessamyn West (1957). “To see the dream”

Jessamyn West

#Happiness Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Truth Quotes

“And tears are heard within the harp I touch.”
“When asked to make the formal declaration that I did not intend to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, I was fool enough to reply that I had no such purpose, but that were I to do it by mistake I should be inexpressibly contrite.”
“Easy Rider' was never a motorcycle movie to me. A lot of it was about politically what was going on in the country.”
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain.”
“I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is.”
“Enthusiasm is nothing more or less than faith in action.”
“Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both.”
“O admirable Mother of God! How many sins have I committed for which thou hast obtained pardon for me, and how many others would I have committed if thou hadst not preserved me? How often have I seen myself on the brink of Hell in obvious danger of falling into it but for thy most benign hand which saved me? How often would the Roaring Lion of Hell have devoured and swallowed up my soul had not the charity of thy heart opposed him? Alas! Without thee, my dearest and my all-good Mother, where should I be today? I should be in the fiery furnace of Hell from which I would never emerge!”

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