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Jessamyn West Quotes

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures Picture Quote #1

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract Picture Quote #1

I never meet anyone nowadays who admits to having had a happy childhood. Everyone appears to think happiness betokens a lack of sensitivity Picture Quote #1

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it Picture Quote #1

To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other Picture Quote #1

If you train people properly, they won’t be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier Picture Quote #1

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A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain Picture Quote #1

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own Picture Quote #1

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself Picture Quote #1

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free Picture Quote #1

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking Picture Quote #1

I’ve done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt Picture Quote #1

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It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own Picture Quote #1

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Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures (Jessamyn West Quotes) Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract (Jessamyn West Quotes) I never meet anyone nowadays who admits to having had a happy childhood. Everyone appears to think happiness betokens a lack of sensitivity (Jessamyn West Quotes) You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it (Jessamyn West Quotes) To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other (Jessamyn West Quotes) If you train people properly, they won’t be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier (Jessamyn West Quotes) A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain (Jessamyn West Quotes) It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own (Jessamyn West Quotes) A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself (Jessamyn West Quotes) Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free (Jessamyn West Quotes) Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking (Jessamyn West Quotes) I’ve done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt (Jessamyn West Quotes) It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own (Jessamyn West Quotes)

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