In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.
GERTRUDE STEINIn the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling.
GERTRUDE STEINLove: the skillful audacity required to share an inner life.
GERTRUDE STEINIt is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
GERTRUDE STEINThe difference between saints, forget-me-nots, and mountains, have to, have to, have to at a time.
GERTRUDE STEINOne does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.
GERTRUDE STEINAmerica is my country and Paris is my hometown.
GERTRUDE STEINI like a view but I like to sit with my back turned to it.
GERTRUDE STEINAction and reaction are equal and opposite.
GERTRUDE STEINIf you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up hill the ground is nearer.
GERTRUDE STEINEverybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers’ granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.
GERTRUDE STEINIs it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.
GERTRUDE STEINThe way to resume is to resume. It is the only way. To resume.
GERTRUDE STEINYou are extraordinary within your limits, but your limits are extraordinary!
GERTRUDE STEINA little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.
GERTRUDE STEINYou are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.
GERTRUDE STEINMoney is always there but the pockets change.
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