Quotes about "Space & Cosmic Perspective"

I really think there are spirits in a place that you have to accommodate. ”

One is lucky to be born in a place where no one is doing it, because then you can say, 'Well, obviously I can write better than everyone else in high school.' You have no idea of the competition. ”

In those early days, the important thing was the happy ending. I did not tolerate unhappy endings - for my heroines, anyway. And later on, I began to read things like 'Wuthering Heights,' and very, very unhappy endings would take place, so I changed my ideas completely and went in for the tragic, which I enjoyed. ”

William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan, and Mary Lavin, another Irish writer. There were a lot of writers that I found in 'The New Yorker' in the Fifties who wrote about the same type of material I did - about emotions and places. ”

Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name. ”

If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look that is the sign of perpetual crowds. ”

I actually didn't think there was that many people out there who knew what it's like to not really have a home or have that home in one place. ”

I didn't have just one place where I could say, 'That's my home.' ”

I was realizing that I didn't have a home. I didn't really feel at home in one place. ”

Being an artist and a human in this world always means confronting people who make you feel like you have to act according to their rules. ”