All is waiting and all is work; all is change and all is permanence.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONOne 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.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings.
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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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[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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There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
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There are no inanimate objects.
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truth … is the first casualty of tyranny.
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Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.
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Women’s propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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The best work is a fusion of love and praise.
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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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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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The real reason women fall in love abroad is not that they are free of domestic inhibitions but that they translate their love of stone and place into love of flesh. … Is this true?
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Italy offers one the most priceless of all one’s possessions – one’s own soul.
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The dream police will not let me have sexual fantasies.
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One feels a quickening of the pulse when one crosses a border.
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