Every house we have lived in, every building to which our hands have lent their work, belongs to us by virtue of love or of regret.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONthe islands of Italy combine all the elements – fire, water, earth, and air – and that is irresistible.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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There are no inanimate objects.
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My mother was my first jealous lover.
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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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There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
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Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.
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The dream police will not let me have sexual fantasies.
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the gardens of our childhood are all beautiful.
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All is waiting and all is work; all is change and all is permanence.
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Children hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.
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All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination.
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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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Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer. . .
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Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm.
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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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it’s perfectly possible to hate one’s fat and to love one’s body at the same time.
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