someone had tried to warn me of the kind of catastrophe that is likely to occur when you involve yourself too closely in one of those destinies that is ringed around by the transient tinsel of human applause. — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
It's undeserved success that people are so terribly afraid of losing; they know they haven't any way, themselves, of ever getting it back again. — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
someone had tried to warn me of the kind of catastrophe that is likely to occur when you involve yourself too closely in one… — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
I could remember the house on Lexington Street, where the mortgage hung over our heads almost as tangibly as the roof, and we still… — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
That's the way it is with influence, you know; if you don't use it all the time, people will forget you have it. — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
“You may have noticed there are three things an Irishman always puts his soul in: his religion, his sports, and his politics. If you… — Mary Deasy Copy Share Image
