Just remember enough never to be vulnerable again: total forgetting could be as self-destructive as complete remembering. Helen Clark MacInnes More Quotes by Helen Clark MacInnes More Quotes From Helen Clark MacInnes Men who use terrorism as a means to power, rule by terror once they are in power. Helen Clark MacInnes usemenmean Nothing is interesting if you're not interested. Helen Clark MacInnes workattitudepositive And it's the educated barbarian who is the worst: he knows what to destroy. Helen Clark MacInnes barbariansworstdestruction The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do what you must. Helen Clark MacInnes adultsdiscoveryworld Civilization is a perishable commodity. Helen Clark MacInnes commoditycivilization The mind is more vulnerable than the stomach, because it can be poisoned without feeling immediate pain. Helen Clark MacInnes painmindfeelings Life to most Greeks may be either tragic or comic or a mixture of both; but one thing it never is - and that is, meaningless. Helen Clark MacInnes mixturesgreekmay one doesn't measure friendship by length of time only; depth of time is just as valuable. Helen Clark MacInnes lengthdepthfriendship Inquisitive people aren't really very attractive, are they? Helen Clark MacInnes attractivecuriositypeople Expect the worst, and you won't be disappointed. Helen Clark MacInnes pessimismworstexpectations Nihilists expend everything and everyone except themselves. They are the indispensable men, without whom the world might try to live almost happily. Helen Clark MacInnes tryingmenworld
