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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.

Truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: I don't think I know a single woman who knows what she looks like.

I don't think I know a single woman who knows what she looks like.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.

I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna Fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Silence is the garment of light.

Silence is the garment of light.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort

To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Beware of people carrying ideas. Beware of ideas carrying people.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm.

Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness ...

Illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: If there is one lesson Rome teaches, it is that matter is good; in Rome the holy and the homely rise and converge.

If there is one lesson Rome teaches, it is that matter is good; in Rome the holy and the homely rise and converge.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Insanity is a lack of proportion.

Insanity is a lack of proportion.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Food is my drug of choice.

Food is my drug of choice.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: The islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible.

The islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: It's perfectly possible to hate one's fat and to love one's body at the same time.

It's perfectly possible to hate one's fat and to love one's body at the same time.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: The past can be tamed and controlled.

The past can be tamed and controlled.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: The dream police will not let me have sexual fantasies.

The dream police will not let me have sexual fantasies.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.

I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all.

Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's possessions - one's own soul.

Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's possessions - one's own soul.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: There are places one comes home to that one has never been to ...

There are places one comes home to that one has never been to ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer ...

Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Porches are America's lost rooms.

Porches are America's lost rooms.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: To sleep is an act of faith.

To sleep is an act of faith.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Every generation reinvents the wheel - and in the process it often adds to rather than subtracts from a woman's burdens.

Every generation reinvents the wheel - and in the process it often adds to rather than subtracts from a woman's burdens.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.

Collecting is like sex; satisfaction renews and creates new appetites.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.

In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: All our loves are contained in all our other loves.

All our loves are contained in all our other loves.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: The past is a sorry country.

The past is a sorry country.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: All is waiting and all is work; all is change and all is permanence.

All is waiting and all is work; all is change and all is permanence.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Every house we have lived in, every building to which our hands have lent their work, belongs to us by virtue of love or of regret.

Every house we have lived in, every building to which our hands have lent their work, belongs to us by virtue of love or of regret.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: One feels a quickening of the pulse when one crosses a border.

One feels a quickening of the pulse when one crosses a border.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: What you desire you call into being ...

What you desire you call into being ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Rome is all things high and low. It is like God, it accommodates so much.

Rome is all things high and low. It is like God, it accommodates so much.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: To have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another.

To have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: To surrender one's vulnerable body to water has always seemed to me a limpid act of will that has no coutnerpart or equal, unless it is sex.

To surrender one's vulnerable body to water has always seemed to me a limpid act of will that has no coutnerpart or equal, unless it is sex.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: The best work is a fusion of love and praise.

The best work is a fusion of love and praise.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence.

Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Facts mean nothing to wounded feelings ...

Facts mean nothing to wounded feelings ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: My mother was my first jealous lover ...

My mother was my first jealous lover ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Italians' relationship to food is loving, informal, and gay ...

Italians' relationship to food is loving, informal, and gay ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: There are no inanimate objects ...

There are no inanimate objects ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation - at least so it seemed to me ...

There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation - at least so it seemed to me ...

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: I made the mistake of thinking that if you add up the past, you sum up the future; I forgot how frequently life astonishes us.

I made the mistake of thinking that if you add up the past, you sum up the future; I forgot how frequently life astonishes us.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Great unhappiness is incompatible with the belief that it will ever end.

Great unhappiness is incompatible with the belief that it will ever end.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.

Autobiography is a preemptive strike against biographers.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Italians do not regard food as merely fuel. They regard it as medicine for the soul, one of life's abiding pleasures.

Italians do not regard food as merely fuel. They regard it as medicine for the soul, one of life's abiding pleasures.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: In memory Venice is always magic.

In memory Venice is always magic.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Desire creates its own object.

Desire creates its own object.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: Children hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.

Children hold us hostage; they represent our commitment to the future.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison quotes: The gardens of our childhood are all beautiful.

The gardens of our childhood are all beautiful.