In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.
BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISONChildren hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.
More Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
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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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The past is a sorry country.
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There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.
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The best work is a fusion of love and praise.
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Porches are America’s lost rooms.
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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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Italians do not regard food as merely fuel. They regard it as medicine for the soul, one of life’s abiding pleasures.
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All our loves are contained in all our other loves.
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Food is my drug of choice.
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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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The past can be tamed and controlled.
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Illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness.
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truth … is the first casualty of tyranny.
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There are places one comes home to that one has never been to.
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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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