There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as… — Jessamyn West Crafts Copy Share Image
Being consistent meant not departing from convictions already formulated; being a leader meant making other persons accept these convictions. It was a… — Jessamyn West Accepting Copy Share Image
In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults. — Jessamyn West Animals Copy Share Image
To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words… — Jessamyn West Communication Copy Share Image
In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults. They frolic with animals, caress them, share with them feelings neither has words… — Jessamyn West Adults Copy Share Image
The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future. — Jessamyn West Future Copy Share Image
Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter. — Jessamyn West Difficult Copy Share Image
We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint? — Jessamyn West Honest Copy Share Image
I seem to be the only person in the world who doesn't mind being pitied. If you love me, pity me. The… — Jessamyn West Born Copy Share Image
I am always jumping into the sausage grinder and deciding, even before I’m half ground, that I don’t want to be a… — Jessamyn West Grinder Copy Share Image
You make what seems a simple choice: choose a man or a job or a neighborhood- and what you have chosen is… — Jessamyn West Choice Copy Share Image
“Nothing ruins a face so fast as double-dealing. Your face telling one story to the world. Your heart yanking your face to… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt. — Jessamyn West Done Copy Share Image
A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. — Jessamyn West Broken Copy Share Image
Each death and departure comes to us as a surprise, a sorrow never anticipated. Life is a long series of farewells; only… — Jessamyn West Circumstances Copy Share Image
At fourteen you don't need sickness or death for tragedy. — Jessamyn West Adolescence Copy Share Image
Somehow I have the feeling that in some book is the great treasure I've been looking for all my life. — Jessamyn West Book Copy Share Image
Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. — Jessamyn West Magnet Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly… — Jessamyn West Community Copy Share Image
