Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always...

Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always...

True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our...

True revolutionaries are like God - they create the world in their own image. Our...

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the...

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All...

Desire creates its own object.

Desire creates its own object.

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least...

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least...

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create...

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the...

I think all the boys that write the screaming stuff would write the best love...

I think all the boys that write the screaming stuff would write the best love...

It (LSD) opened my eyes. We only use on-tenth of our brain. Just think of...

It (LSD) opened my eyes. We only use on-tenth of our brain. Just think of...

Hope of gain lessens pain.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder.

Learn to run when feeling the pain: then push harder.

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment

The pain is sometimes preferable to the treatment

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.