It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

Quote by Lillian Hellman

Topics: Failure Quotes, Fate Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Mistakes Quotes

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

I find myself having these conversations where I go...You know, the guy, in that place....

I find myself having these conversations where I go...You know, the guy, in that place....

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

You never know when you're making a memory.

You never know when you're making a memory.

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away....

Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away....

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us

Most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and reconstruction.

Most of our oldest memories are the product of repeated rehearsal and reconstruction.

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone

Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

Memory is the personal journalism of the soul.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a...