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Jessamyn West Quotes
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Famous Jessamyn West Quotations
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Mary Jessamyn West (July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984) was an American Quaker who wrote numerous stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945)
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- A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. Jessamyn West »
- A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain. Jessamyn West »
- A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. Jessamyn West »
- It is the loving, not the loved, woman who feels loveable. Jessamyn West »
- It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West »
- 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 »
- 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 »
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