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

Quote by Lillian Hellman

Topics: Family Quotes, Fathers Quotes

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.

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...

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?

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

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...

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...

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

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...

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as...

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it...

When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry......

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry......

When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested...

When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested...

Don't judge me by my past, I don't live there anymore.

Don't judge me by my past, I don't live there anymore.