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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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...

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...

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Desire creates its own object.

Desire creates its own object.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also...

The demands of modern living are so exacting that men and women everywhere must exercise...

The demands of modern living are so exacting that men and women everywhere must exercise...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

You'll be old and you never lived, and you kind of feel silly to lie...

Every man dies - Not every man really lives.

Every man dies - Not every man really lives.

If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what...

If life isn't about human beings and living in harmony, then I don't know what...