Soul In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? Jessamyn West 1
Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. Jessamyn West 1
Change We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. Jessamyn West 1
Death Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are... Jessamyn West 0
Alone Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly... Jessamyn West 0
Chance Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter. Jessamyn West 0
