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Judith Guest quotes: People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.

Judith Guest quotes: I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

I can write for a long time on one novel and not get tired.

Judith Guest quotes: You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.

You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.

Judith Guest quotes: It is love, imperfect and unordered, that keeps them apart, even as it holds them somehow together ...

It is love, imperfect and unordered, that keeps them apart, even as it holds them somehow together ...

Judith Guest quotes: People have a right to be the way they are.

People have a right to be the way they are.

Judith Guest quotes: People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Judith Guest quotes: I've never been one to tear the social fabric.

I've never been one to tear the social fabric.

Judith Guest quotes: Don't put anyone out of your heart, there's room for all.

Don't put anyone out of your heart, there's room for all.

Judith Guest quotes: The monotonous beauty of wealth.

The monotonous beauty of wealth.

Judith Guest quotes: Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.

Ours was not a political household, when I was growing up.

Judith Guest quotes: Everything seems excessive, now, and too intense, too important.

Everything seems excessive, now, and too intense, too important.

Judith Guest quotes: Riding the train gives him too much time to think, he has decided. Too much thinking can ruin you.

Riding the train gives him too much time to think, he has decided. Too much thinking can ruin you.

Judith Guest quotes: The small seed of despair cracks open and sends experimental tendrils upward to the fragile skin of calm holding him together.

The small seed of despair cracks open and sends experimental tendrils upward to the fragile skin of calm holding him together.

Judith Guest quotes: Always good to have one crazy in the family ... It takes the pressure off everybody else.

Always good to have one crazy in the family ... It takes the pressure off everybody else.

Judith Guest quotes: It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it.

It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it.

Judith Guest quotes: Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Judith Guest quotes: And what about tomorrow then? And all the tomorrows to come? Why can't we talk about it? Why can't we ever talk about it?

And what about tomorrow then? And all the tomorrows to come? Why can't we talk about it? Why can't we ever talk about it?

Judith Guest quotes: Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can't feel pain, you aren't gonna feel anything else, either.

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can't feel pain, you aren't gonna feel anything else, either.

Judith Guest quotes: Make peace with what is.

Make peace with what is.

Judith Guest quotes: Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Judith Guest quotes: Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

Judith Guest quotes: With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

Judith Guest quotes: For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night's rest.

For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night's rest.

Judith Guest quotes: Jesus but people got weird when they lived alone.

Jesus but people got weird when they lived alone.

Judith Guest quotes: I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

Judith Guest quotes: I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I'm enjoying it.

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I'm enjoying it.

Judith Guest quotes: Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

Judith Guest quotes: The 'creator' and the 'editor' - two halves of the writer whole - should sleep in separate rooms.

The 'creator' and the 'editor' - two halves of the writer whole - should sleep in separate rooms.

Judith Guest quotes: To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind

Judith Guest quotes: And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

Judith Guest quotes: My success is not who I am.

My success is not who I am.

Judith Guest quotes: Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Judith Guest quotes: She hands him his coffee; crosses to the doorway; motes of dust flutter nervously in her wake.

She hands him his coffee; crosses to the doorway; motes of dust flutter nervously in her wake.

Judith Guest quotes: Crazy world or maybe it's just the view we have of it, looking through a crack in the door, never being able to see the whole room, the whole picture.

Crazy world or maybe it's just the view we have of it, looking through a crack in the door, never being able to see the whole room, the whole picture.

Judith Guest quotes: People use people according to their own needs. Or don't use them. When a primary need is one of safety.

People use people according to their own needs. Or don't use them. When a primary need is one of safety.