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 31
Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. Jessamyn West 31
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 34
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 31
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 28
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 32
