"Death's not a separation or alteration or parting; it's just a one-handled door."

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Source : Stevie Smith (1937). “A Good Time was Had by All”

Stevie Smith

#Grief Quotes #Doors Quotes #Separation Quotes

“All writers are insecure, the male ones especially. It's well known. Why else would they spend so much time on make-believe? They're only happy in their imaginary worlds, because that's where they're in charge - where they're God. Did you know that Hemingway's mother dressed him as a girl until he was six years old?" I was not offended by Claudia's glib psychological theory. Like many glib psychological theories, it struck me as fundamentally correct.”
“My grandmother had a picture of herself as a close-lipped, silent, reserved individual without curiosity, who never asked personal questions. Actually, of course, she was a talkative, jolly, interminably curious woman, who loved people, and who enjoyed the personal details of their lives almost as much as they did themselves.”

Source : Molly Picon (1962). “So Laugh A Little”
“If the ego is inflated it must be gradually deflated.”

Source : Alexander Lowen (1978). “The Language of the Body”
“Love letters lack taste. No restraint: falling off cliffs, going up in flames.”

Source : Cathleen Schine (2013). “The Love Letter”, p.43, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts are not worth the expense”
“There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.”
“Who learns most from a good book is the author.”
“Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.”

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