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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time. ↗

— Orson Welles

#artist #being #hate #his #i

Habit is ten times nature. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#nature #ten #times

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#alive #barriers #between #communication #elders

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#east #forgive #grit #having #mistakes

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#broken #fester #forever #heal #opens

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

#death #faithfulness #free #ground #kind

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#falseness #harm #honesty #hurt #i

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#nothing #rattlesnake #teaches #you

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#guts #helpful #necessary #talent #writing

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#awakening #does #him #love #religious