"... one doesn't really profit from experience; one merely learns to predict the next mistake."

--

Source : Shirley Hazzard (2004). “Cliffs of Fall: And Other Stories”, p.13, Macmillan

Shirley Hazzard

#Mistake Quotes #Next Quotes #Profit Quotes

“Oh, sunshine, I whisper and smile gently. Haven't you figured out that I'm completely in love with you?”
“To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something.”
“I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste,”
“I'm greedier than anyone. I don't want some half-assed happiness I don't need some partial warmth. I want a happiness that goes on forever. That's impossible, though! I don't know why it is, but in this world, some interference is sure to come. Important things break right away. I've been alive for twenty-two years, and I know at least this much. It doesn't matter what the thing is, but it will break. That's why, from the beginning, it's better not to need anything.”
“I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live.”
“There is a thought that poverty is a public policy failure; poverty is man-made by action and non-action: poverty can be eliminated.”
“It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax.”
“I affirm my faith when I'm asked about it. But I always try to do so in a way that communicates absolute respect, not only for people who worship in a different way, but just as much respect for those who do not believe in God and who are atheists.”

You may also like:

David Malouf
Writer
Graham Greene
Writer
Helen Garner
Novelist
J. G. Farrell
Novelist
Miles Franklin
Writer
Nina Bawden
Novelist
Patrick White
Writer
Peter Carey
Novelist
Thea Astley
Novelist