It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel. Elizabeth Drew More Quotes by Elizabeth Drew More Quotes From Elizabeth Drew Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations. Elizabeth Drew mindfuntravel The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. Elizabeth Drew imaginationrunningworld Language is like soil. However rich, it is subject to erosion, and its fertility is constantly threatened by uses that exhaust itsvitality. It needs constant re-invigoration if it is not to become arid and sterile. Elizabeth Drew erosionuseneeds The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and "mangled mind" leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict. Elizabeth Drew frustrationlonelyself Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits. Elizabeth Drew democracyunderstandinglimits People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. Elizabeth Drew motorcycle-gangsridingpeople The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it. Elizabeth Drew inspirational-lifereadingliterature The pain of loss, moreover, however agonizing, however haunting in memory, quiets imperceptibly into acceptance as the currents of active living and of fresh emotions flow over it. Elizabeth Drew painacceptancememories We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others. Elizabeth Drew frustrationpainloss Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It's a seeding of the self in the consciousness of others. Elizabeth Drew selfnameswriting Money buys access; access buys influence. Elizabeth Drew accessinfluence The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some original grace or sympathy or humor or affection. Elizabeth Drew gossipgracesympathy [On newspapers:] A first draft of history. Elizabeth Drew newspapersfirsts How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own, though it may not be much worth preserving, but a letter! Conveyed by uncertain transportation, over which the sender has no control; committed to a single individual who may be careless or inappreciative; left to the mercy of future generations, of families maybe anxious to suppress the past, of the accidents of removals and house-cleanings, or of mere ignorance. How often it has been by the veriest chance that they have survived at all. Elizabeth Drew ignorancehousepast The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it. Elizabeth Drew electionstealingrepublican Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. Elizabeth Drew Working with a therapist that they feel close to and feels that they have concern about them, you can disconnect that fear and trauma from the actual event and you can process it and it looks like people are cured. Elizabeth Drew health If they don’t learn how to deal with their stress, they don’t understand what gives them joy in life, then you’re never really going to get them into recovery. Elizabeth Drew health Doctors became very vigilant then about diagnosing pain and prescribing pain medication, and you can see a huge uptick of the amount of opiate prescriptions. Elizabeth Drew health In practice, we see soccer moms, we see professionals, we see teachers, we see young college students and high school students. Anyone can develop an addiction to an opiate. Elizabeth Drew health
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