most of our social and educational institutions are designed to weed out or make over people ... until we produce a world where everyone is a smart, quick-witted, aggressive person living on the surface of the mind without ever looking… — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
the fool is the one true cosmopolite - the one character common to all nationalities. — Helen McCloy Copy Share
fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator. — Helen McCloy Copy Share
the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives. — Helen McCloy Copy Share
most of our social and educational institutions are designed to weed out or make over people ... until we produce a world where everyone… — Helen McCloy Copy Share
Even a small, everyday lie is a clue to the personality and preoccupations of the liar, like a dream or any other confection of… — Helen McCloy Copy Share
Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life. — Helen McCloy Copy Share
Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says? — Helen McCloy Copy Share
Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the… — Helen McCloy Copy Share
That's the one thing a politician mustn't have - political opinions or principles. He can have prejudices - indeed he must have prejudices and… — Helen McCloy Copy Share
That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from… — Helen McCloy Copy Share
