Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. - Jessamyn West 1 Share Now -
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. - Jessamyn West 2 Share Now -
It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. - Jessamyn West 4 Share Now -
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. - Jessamyn West 5 Share Now -
We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. - Jessamyn West 6 Share Now -
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. - Jessamyn West 7 Share Now -
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. - Jessamyn West 8 Share Now -
Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free. - Jessamyn West 10 Share Now -
