Saddest of all are the women who were brought up to believe that self-sacrifice is the highest female virtue. They made the sacrifice, often willingly, and they are still waiting for the blessing. Jeanette More Quotes by Jeanette More Quotes From Jeanette What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous. Jeanette miraculous doe art I don't like to think of myself as an insincere person but if I say I love you and I don't mean it then what else am I? Will I cherish you, adore you, make way for you, make myself better for you, look at you and always see you, tell you the truth? And if love is not those things then what things? Jeanette love-you love-is mean Truth for anyone is a very complex thing. For a writer, what you leave out says as much as those things you include. What lies beyond the margin of the text? The photographer frames the shot; writers frame their world. Jeanette photographer lying world Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. Jeanette creative work lying I am not interested in genres. I am interested in doing the best work I can in whatever medium. Jeanette genre not-interested work Perhaps the universe is a memory of our mistakes. Jeanette universe mistake memories We continue to love in spite of the pain, tears & heartbreak. Perhaps the pain makes us stronger, the tear makes us braver & the heartbreak makes us wiser. Jeanette pain tears heart