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Patricia Highsmith quotes

American Novelist January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995

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Patricia Highsmith quote: "I find the public passion for justice quite boring and..."
I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "A rush of panic comforted him with its familiarity."
A rush of panic comforted him with its familiarity. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "Dusk was falling quickly. It was just after 7 P.M., and the..."
Dusk was falling quickly. It was just after 7 P.M., and the month was October. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable."
Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "How easy it was to lie when one had to lie!"
How easy it was to lie when one had to lie! Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was..."
Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it."
I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the..."
I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman. Patricia Highsmith
Our actions and responsibilities are our own; what later returns to either haunt or applaud us is neither possible to predict nor always completely understandable. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "What chance combination of shadow and sound and his own..."
What chance combination of shadow and sound and his own thoughts had created it? Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a..."
I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "My imagination functions much better when I don't have to..."
My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people. Patricia Highsmith
I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter. Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith quote: "I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews,..."
I think J.D. Salinger is correct in granting no interviews, and in making no speeches. Patricia Highsmith
It would be Carol, in a thousand cities, a thousand houses, in foreign lands where they would go together, in heaven and in hell. Patricia Highsmith

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