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Mary MacLane quotes

Canadian Writer May 1, 1881 – August 1, 1929

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Mary MacLane quote: "I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly..."
I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him. Mary MacLane
This article is going to be very egotistical and MacLanesque and maybe somewhat shocking besides, so I strongly advise divers citizens of Butte not to read it. It occurs to me that some of the things I write do not agree with the constitutions of the said citizens - it seems to be bad for their livers - hence this preliminary note of warning. So now if you go right on and read it and it affects your liver unpleasantly, don't blame me. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want..."
I was born to be alone, and I always shall be; but now I want to be. Mary MacLane
The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was when I wrote that. But it is my story as I was then. Mary MacLane
I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day. Mary MacLane
Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even remotely suggestive. I call things by their names. That is all. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me...."
People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "I have never read a line of Walt Whitman."
I have never read a line of Walt Whitman. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal,..."
May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity - a virtuous woman. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white..."
The world is like a little marsh filled with mint and white hawthorn. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "I want to live quietly."
I want to live quietly. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a..."
Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "One must always say things that aim to interest, because in..."
One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep. Mary MacLane
My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum. Mary MacLane
Mary MacLane quote: "Of poets I put Virgil first - he was greatest."
Of poets I put Virgil first - he was greatest. Mary MacLane

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