I don’t think I know a single woman who knows what she looks like.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONMy mother was my first jealous lover.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.
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The dream police will not let me have sexual fantasies.
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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 best work is a fusion of love and praise.
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truth … is the first casualty of tyranny.
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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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Women’s propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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the gardens of our childhood are all beautiful.
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There are no original ideas. There are only original people.
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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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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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Children hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.
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All our loves are contained in all our other loves.
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In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.
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Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence.
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