"Pleasure is terrifying because it breaks down the boundaries between people. Embracing passion means living with fear."

-- Erica Jong

#Sex Quotes #Passion Quotes #Mean Quotes

“I love attention. I love going to events and photo shoots... I enjoy it all; the clothing, the makeup, the excitement.”
“Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective?”
“I never thought I was doing the same thing as directors like John Carpenter, George Romero, and sometimes even Hitchcock, even though I've been sometimes compared to those other guys. We're after different game.”
“I lived in upstate New York until I was ten years old and we moved overseas. I have a lot of nostalgic memories of that part of the world, and I love going back there by writing the Lakeshore books.”
“What kept me going through all the years? More than anything, the love of and respect for competition. That's what it comes down to for me. That's why I do this.”
“I write about the things that haunt or obsess me.”
“There are two ways to be rich in life: have what you want or want what you have.”
“I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis.”

Source : Mary MacLane (2014). “I, Mary MacLane: A Diary of Human Days”, p.20, The Floating Press

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