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Jessamyn West quotes

American Author July 18, 1902 – February 23, 1984

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Knowledge of what you love somehow comes to you; you don’t have to read nor analyze nor study. If you love a thing enough, knowledge of it seeps into you, with particulars more real than any chart can furnish. Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to..."
A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself..."
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting. Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a..."
We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint? Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "People who keep journals have life twice."
People who keep journals have life twice. Jessamyn West
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. Jessamyn West
In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? Jessamyn West
Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free. Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material..."
Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. Jessamyn West
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. Jessamyn West
You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it. Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults."
In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults. Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than..."
I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt. Jessamyn West
Jessamyn West quote: "The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as..."
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. Jessamyn West
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West

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