Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONFacts mean nothing to wounded feelings.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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Facts mean nothing to wounded feelings.
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Illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness.
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to have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another.
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To offer the complexities of life as an excuse for not addressing oneself to the simpler, more manageable (trivial) aspects of daily existence is a perversity often indulged in by artists, husbands, intellectuals — and critics of the Women’s Movement.
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it’s perfectly possible to hate one’s fat and to love one’s body at the same time.
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the islands of Italy combine all the elements – fire, water, earth, and air – and that is irresistible.
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In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.
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Great unhappiness is incompatible with the belief that it will ever end.
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I love medieval cities; they do not clamor for attention; they possess their souls – their riches – in quiet; formal, courteous, they reveal themselves slowly, stone by stone, garden by garden; hidden treasures wait calmly to be loved and yield to introspective wandering.
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There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
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Desire creates its own object.
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Weather creates character.
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truth … is the first casualty of tyranny.
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[On Werner Erhard, founder of est:] If I wanted a new belief system, I’d choose to believe in God – He’s been in business longer than Werner, and He has better music.
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Italians’ relationship to food is loving, informal, and gay.
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