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Greta Garbo quotes: Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.

Greta Garbo quotes: Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there will be no stain on our love.

Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there will be no stain on our love.

Greta Garbo quotes: I have made enough faces.

I have made enough faces.

Greta Garbo quotes: The mystery surrounding Garbo was as thick as a London fog.

The mystery surrounding Garbo was as thick as a London fog.

Greta Garbo quotes: Bartender! Vring me some viskey with chincher ale on de side & don't be stingy, baby. (Garbo's first words in a talking picture)

Bartender! Vring me some viskey with chincher ale on de side & don't be stingy, baby. (Garbo's first words in a talking picture)

Greta Garbo quotes: Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

Greta Garbo quotes: I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.

I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.

Greta Garbo quotes: I never met a man I could marry.

I never met a man I could marry.

Greta Garbo quotes: I don't like writers. They're dangerous people.

I don't like writers. They're dangerous people.

Greta Garbo quotes: I cannot see myself as a wife. Ugly word.

I cannot see myself as a wife. Ugly word.

Greta Garbo quotes: I smoke all the time, one after the other.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

Greta Garbo quotes: You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life.

Greta Garbo quotes: I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.

I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong.

Greta Garbo quotes: How can one change one's entire life and build a new one on one moment of love? And yet, that's what you make me want to close my eyes and

How can one change one's entire life and build a new one on one moment of love? And yet, that's what you make me want to close my eyes and do.

Greta Garbo quotes: I was always sad as a child, for as long as I can think back. I hated crowds of people, and used to sit in a corner by myself, just

I was always sad as a child, for as long as I can think back. I hated crowds of people, and used to sit in a corner by myself, just thinking.

Greta Garbo quotes: I always look well when I'm near death.

I always look well when I'm near death.

Greta Garbo quotes: My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

Greta Garbo quotes: Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay.

Why should you care for a woman like me? I'm always nervous or sick, or sad or too gay.

Greta Garbo quotes: Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough.

Every one of us lives this life just once, if we are honest, to live once is enough.

Greta Garbo quotes: This is where I have wasted the best years of my life.

This is where I have wasted the best years of my life.

Greta Garbo quotes: I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have; and so am I.

Greta Garbo quotes: [When asked if she believed in "women's lib":] Not really. Not when I see what most of them look like.

[When asked if she believed in "women's lib":] Not really. Not when I see what most of them look like.

Greta Garbo quotes: I'm afraid of NOTHING except being bored!

I'm afraid of NOTHING except being bored!

Greta Garbo quotes: I want to be left alone.

I want to be left alone.

Greta Garbo quotes: There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead.

Greta Garbo quotes: If you're going to die on screen, you've got to be strong and in good health.

If you're going to die on screen, you've got to be strong and in good health.

Greta Garbo quotes: Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

Greta Garbo quotes: Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.

Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.

Greta Garbo quotes: I'm tired and nervous and I'm in America. Here you don't know that you live.

I'm tired and nervous and I'm in America. Here you don't know that you live.

Greta Garbo quotes: It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country.

Greta Garbo quotes: I don't like to talk to people, because I can't express myself satisfactorily. I don't say the things I mean.

I don't like to talk to people, because I can't express myself satisfactorily. I don't say the things I mean.

Greta Garbo quotes: Except physically, we know little more about Garbo than we know about Shakespeare.

Except physically, we know little more about Garbo than we know about Shakespeare.

Greta Garbo quotes: If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.

If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is.

Greta Garbo quotes: Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

Greta Garbo quotes: I want to be alone.

I want to be alone.

Greta Garbo quotes: Snow is like a wide sea. One could go out and be lost in it and forget the world, and oneself.

Snow is like a wide sea. One could go out and be lost in it and forget the world, and oneself.

Greta Garbo quotes: I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said 'I want to be let alone!' There is all the difference.

Greta Garbo quotes: I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me.

I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me.

Greta Garbo quotes: When one has not long to live, why shouldn't one have fancies?

When one has not long to live, why shouldn't one have fancies?

Greta Garbo quotes: It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise ...

It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise ...

Greta Garbo quotes: There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

There is no one who would have me - I can't cook.

Greta Garbo quotes: If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.

If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single.

Greta Garbo quotes: I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.

I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.

Greta Garbo quotes: I always wanted to do my best. I got nothing free - I had to work hard.

I always wanted to do my best. I got nothing free - I had to work hard.

Greta Garbo quotes: Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.

Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.

Greta Garbo quotes: I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know.

I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know.

Greta Garbo quotes: It's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.

It's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.

Greta Garbo quotes: I've always wanted two lives - one for the movies, one for myself.

I've always wanted two lives - one for the movies, one for myself.

Greta Garbo quotes: I only said, 'I want to be left alone.'

I only said, 'I want to be left alone.'

Greta Garbo quotes: There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.

There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.