Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity. — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
“She would grace his home with her charm and beauty and she would make his bed joyous, all without ever having to shame his… — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own. — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
Because if you don't know someone all that well, you react to their surface qualities, the superficial stereotypes-they throw off like sparks. But once… — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity. — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
“He had been taught that bread unshared is bread unblessed when someone else is hungry, whether man or beast, friend or stranger.” — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
It is a rule of mine never to ask unsolicited questions of people over twenty-one. I am only giving them the option of lying… — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
If the Best is yet to come, the Present will blend with it Beautifully. — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live. — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
Once various forms were signed, I was separated from my free will, led down the corridors into a room which was now to be… — Dorothy West Copy Share Image
