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title: "1 Great Treasure Quotes By Jessamyn West"
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> [Somehow I have the feeling that in some book is the great treasure I've been looking for all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/somehow-i-have-the-feeling-that-in-some-book-is-the-great-treasure-i/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

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## More by Jessamyn West

> [There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/there-is-no-royal-path-to-good-writing-and-such-paths-as-exist-do-not/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [Being consistent meant not departing from convictions already formulated; being a leader meant making other persons accept these convictions. It was a narrow track,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/being-consistent-meant-not-departing-from-convictions-already/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/in-their-sympathies-children-feel-nearer-animals-than-adults/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/to-meet-at-all-one-must-open-ones-eyes-to-another-and-there-is-no/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults. They frolic with animals, caress them, share with them feelings neither has words for. Have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/in-their-sympathies-children-feel-nearer-animals-than-adults-they/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/the-past-is-really-almost-as-much-a-work-of-the-imagination-as-the/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [People who keep journals have life twice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/people-who-keep-journals-have-life-twice/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/writing-is-so-difficult-that-i-feel-that-writers-having-had-their/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/we-can-love-an-honest-rogue-but-what-is-more-offensive-than-a-false/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [I seem to be the only person in the world who doesn't mind being pitied. If you love me, pity me. The human state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/i-seem-to-be-the-only-person-in-the-world-who-doesn-t-mind-being/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [I am always jumping into the sausage grinder and deciding, even before I’m half ground, that I don’t want to be a sausage after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/i-am-always-jumping-into-the-sausage-grinder-and-deciding-even-before/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [You make what seems a simple choice: choose a man or a job or a neighborhood- and what you have chosen is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/you-make-what-seems-a-simple-choice-choose-a-man-or-a-job-or-a/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [“Nothing ruins a face so fast as double-dealing. Your face telling one story to the world. Your heart yanking your face to pieces, trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/nothing-ruins-a-face-so-fast-as-double-dealing-your-face-telling-one/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/i-ve-done-more-harm-by-the-falseness-of-trying-to-please-than-by-the/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

> [A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessamyn-west/a-broken-bone-can-heal-but-the-wound-a-word-opens-can-fester-forever/)

[Jessamyn West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessamyn-west/)

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