There's a kind of virgin one only becomes with difficulty. Marian Engel More Quotes by Marian Engel More Quotes From Marian Engel I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed. Marian Engel trying people fall There is a difference between art and life and that difference is readability. Marian Engel differences understanding art Remember that it is not enough to have everything around you beautiful, remember that there must also be change and flux, because it is through change that we pretend that we can make decisions, and keep our pride, and go on pretending that both change and choice exist. Marian Engel choices pride beautiful Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it. Marian Engel alcohol drinking house All intellectual missionaries tend to lechery. Marian Engel lechery hypocrisy intellectual
