There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation – at least so it seemed to me.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONThere is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer. . .
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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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In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.
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Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.
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If there is one lesson Rome teaches, it is that matter is good; in Rome the holy and the homely rise and converge.
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One can be tired of Rome after three weeks and feel one has exhausted it; after three months one feels that one has not even scratched the surface of Rome; and after six months one wishes never to leave it.
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Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.
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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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I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.
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All our loves are contained in all our other loves.
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Desire creates its own object.
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To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort
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Weather creates character.
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To surrender one’s vulnerable body to water has always seemed to me a limpid act of will that has no coutnerpart or equal, unless it is sex.
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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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