"Life is a long failure of understanding ... a long, mistaken shutting of the heart."

-- Patricia Highsmith

#Heart Quotes #Long Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.”
“Yet man does recognise himself [as an animal]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man and ape which conforms to the principles of natural history, I certainly know of none... If I were to call man ape or vice versa, I should bring down all the theologians on my head. But perhaps I should still do it according to the rules of science.”
“And Thou shalt never, but never be a bystander.”
“Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.”
“I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.”
“I'm still kind of a mess. But I think we all are. No one's got it all together. I don't think you ever do get it totally together. Probably if you did manage to do it you'd spontaneously combust. I think that's a law of nature. If you ever manage to become perfect, you have to die instantly before you ruin things for everyone else.”
“As we start looking for the good, our focus automatically is taken off the bad.”
“I am not second-guessing or questioning my understanding of the issue”

Source : "A Mother's Denial, a Daughter's Death" by Charles Ornstein and Daniel Costello, articles.latimes.com. September 24, 2005.

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