74 Quotes by Jessamyn West

The conversation of two people remembering, if the memory is enjoyable to both, rocks on like music or lovemaking. There is a rhythm and a predictability to it that each anticipates and relishes.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

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

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

People who keep journals have life twice.

At fourteen you don’t need sickness or death for tragedy.

If you train people properly, they won’t be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier.

A rattlesnake that doesn’t bite teaches you nothing.

Some people are always thirsting for water from other people’s wells.