"Memory - the very skin of life."

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Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (1962). “A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society”

Elizabeth Hardwick

#Memories Quotes #Skins Quotes

“It takes as little as 1% of a population to create positive change, and I believe that if 100 million people underwent a personal transformation in the direction of peace, harmony, laughter, love, kindness, and joy...the world would be transformed.”
“The most sophisticated pop musician that I knew of and liked was Paul McCartney.”
“I look upon Virginia as a rib taken from Britain's side... While they both proceed as living under the marriage-compact, this Eve might thrive so long as her Adam flourishes. Whatever serpent shall tempt her to go astray etc [will only cause] her husband to rule more strictly over her.”
“The property qualifications for federal office that the framers of the Constitution expressly chose to exclude for demonstrating an unseemly "veneration of wealth " are now de facto in force and higher than the Founding Fathers could have imagined.”
“I realize it's probably best to keep my politics to myself.”
“We [ with Italo Calvino] had a great relationship. I don't think it's a coincidence that his only daughter's name is Giovanna. I loved his book dedications to me: "To Giovanna Cau, another book that won't be turned into a movie."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.”
“You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.”

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