I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

Quote by Jessamyn West

Topics: Jessamyn West Quotes

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by...

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by...

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption...

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise...

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise...

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!

A big iron needle stitching the country together.

A big iron needle stitching the country together.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Let justice be done, though the world perish

Let justice be done, though the world perish