Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and doctrine, that they are God’s chosen.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONto have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.
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There are no inanimate objects.
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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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Nothing is more democratic, less judgmental, than water. Water doesn’t care whether flesh is withered or fresh; it caresses aged flesh and firm flesh with equal love.
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Rome is all things high and low. It is like God, it accommodates so much.
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To sleep is an act of faith.
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All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
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Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence.
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Women’s propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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Facts mean nothing to wounded feelings.
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Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
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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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My mother was my first jealous lover.
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Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all.
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Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
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