"The future may be an enemy. Time can turn happy days and nights into nothing."

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Source : Elizabeth Hardwick (1984). “Bartleby in Manhattan, and Other Essays”, Vintage

Elizabeth Hardwick

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“There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied. You cannot talk yourself into it or rouse it by straining at the emotions or by dedicating yourself solemnly to the service ofmankind. Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself. This conviction will not come through condemnations, through hatingoneself, through calling self love bad names in the universe. It comes only in the awareness that one has no self to love.”
“Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.”
“I believe that imagination inspires nations. It's something that I live by.”
“The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile.”
“What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.”
“What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?”
“Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.”
“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”

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