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.

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...

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...

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...

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?

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.

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

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

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family

Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family

If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion.

If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion.

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently

Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently

I envy all of you who's parents are together and happy.

I envy all of you who's parents are together and happy.

After all, what is a pedestrian? He is a man who has two cars-one being...

After all, what is a pedestrian? He is a man who has two cars-one being...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

In some families, 'please' is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it...

In some families, 'please' is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it...

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because...

My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn't because...

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving...

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving...

In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much...

In 20 or 30 years, you'll be able to hold in your hand as much...

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.