We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

Quote by Joan Didion

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Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for...

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

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...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its...

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.

Call me the author.

Call me the author.

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it...

Writers are always selling somebody out.

Writers are always selling somebody out.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

That is one last thing to remember: writers are always selling somebody out.

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

There is in Hollywood, as in all cultures in which gambling is the central activity,...

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...

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money...

Be careful about lending a friend money. It may damage her memory.

Be careful about lending a friend money. It may damage her memory.

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart...

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart...

We dont have a trillion-dollar debt because we havent taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar...

We dont have a trillion-dollar debt because we havent taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar...