Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships.

Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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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.

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...

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Desire creates its own object.

Desire creates its own object.

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

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

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...

My chief responsibilities have been described as soliciting and procuring. The illegal variety would be...

My chief responsibilities have been described as soliciting and procuring. The illegal variety would be...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect...

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do....

But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do....

Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice...

Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be...