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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes

American Writer September 14, 1934 – April 24, 2002

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We are all proprietary toward cities we love. 'Ah, you should have seen her when I loved her!' we say, reciting glories since faded or defiled, trusting her to no one else; that others should know and love her in her present fallen state (for she must fall without our vigilant love) is a species of betrayal. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quote: "The most painful moral struggles are not those between good..."
The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quote: "Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We..."
Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quote: "I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish..."
I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quote: "There are no original ideas. There are only original people."
There are no original ideas. There are only original people. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quote: "Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people."
Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quote: "Desire creates its own object."
Desire creates its own object. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quote: "Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion."
Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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