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.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONI love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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Women’s propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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truth … is the first casualty of tyranny.
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Desire creates its own object.
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What you desire you call into being.
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There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
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Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all.
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In memory Venice is always magic.
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the gardens of our childhood are all beautiful.
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All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
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I made the mistake of thinking that if you add up the past, you sum up the future; I forgot how frequently life astonishes us.
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Weather creates character.
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To sleep is an act of faith.
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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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In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.
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Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.
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