Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONMy mother was my first jealous lover.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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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.
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my love of water … is mingled with and almost indistinguishable from a fear of water (I can float in a vertical position – I enter a fugue state – but I cannot bear to bury my face in water).
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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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The past is a sorry country.
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How do you think it would feel to be obliged to ask for a seat-belt extender on an airplane? For the unfashionably bulgy, life is a series of small humiliations.
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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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Children hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.
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I don’t think I know a single woman who knows what she looks like.
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Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.
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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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the islands of Italy combine all the elements – fire, water, earth, and air – and that is irresistible.
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Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer. . .
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All our loves are contained in all our other loves.
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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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Women’s propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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