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

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

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...

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.

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...

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?

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...

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...

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.

She said I bet you dont remember me And I said only every other memory.

Memory is more incredible than ink

Memory is more incredible than ink

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

Language is memory and metaphor

Language is memory and metaphor

Memory: a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it...

Memory: a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it...

Memory is the mother of all wisdom

Memory is the mother of all wisdom

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had...

Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had...