I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison More Quotes by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison More Quotes From Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness, because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison goodnessresponsibilitychildren Food is my drug of choice. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison drugchoicesfood Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and doctrine, that they are God's chosen. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison doctrinetraditionabsence Facts mean nothing to wounded feelings. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison feelingsmeanfacts There are no original ideas. There are only original people. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison original-ideaspeopleideas Porches are America's lost rooms. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison lostamericarooms Fantasies are more than substitutes for unpleasant reality; they are also dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison inspirationalrealityart All acts performed in the world begin in the imagination. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison creativitysuccessideas There is something worse than dying, and that is humiliation - at least so it seemed to me. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison embarrassmenthumiliationdying To sleep is an act of faith. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison cant-sleepsleep Every generation reinvents the wheel - and in the process it often adds to rather than subtracts from a woman's burdens. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison wheelsgenerationsadd Kindness and intelligence don't always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: there are always failures of love, of will, of imagination. There is no way to take the danger out of human relationships. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison pitfallsimaginationkindness [On Werner Erhard, founder of est:] If I wanted a new belief system, I'd choose to believe in God - He's been in business longer than Werner, and He has better music. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison music-isbeliefbelieve Rome is all things high and low. It is like God, it accommodates so much. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison romeall-thingslows My mother was my first jealous lover. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison jealousmotherfirsts The past is a sorry country. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison sorrycountrypast There are places one comes home to that one has never been to. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison coming-homehometravel All our loves are contained in all our other loves. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison our-love Unhappiness makes beggars or accountants of us all. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison accountantsbeggarunhappiness truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison casualtiestruthfirsts
