Best Patricia Highsmith Quotes
- How easy it was to lie when one had to lie! Easy
- Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing. Anticipation
- He loved possessions, not masses of them, but a select few that he did not part with. They gave a man self-respect. Not ostentation but… Certain
- I know you have it in you, Guy," Anne said suddenly at the end of a silence, "the capacity to be terribly happy. Anne
- But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were too many forms… Action
- Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable. Honesty
- Honestly, I don't understand why people get so worked up about a little murder! Honestly
- The justice I have received, I shall give back. Give
- one blow in anger [would] kill, probably, a child from aged two to eight. Those over eight would take two blows to kill. Aged
- One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness. Alone
- It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment? Always Gets
- How was it possible to be afraid and in love... The two things did not go together. How was it possible to be afraid, when… Afraid
- January. It was all things. And it was one thing, like a solid door. Its cold sealed the city in a gray capsule. January was… Action
- He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and the people were… Blood
- Perhaps it was freedom itself that choked her. Choked
- They were not friends. They didn't know each other. It struck Tom like a horrible truth, true for all time, true for the people he… Alike
- What was it to love someone, what was love exactly, and why did it end or not end? Those were the real questions, and who… Answer
- I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident. Accident
- I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week. Aim
- I hated cracking the whip, and these juries turn into political things. Cracking
- Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten. Communist
- Perhaps God and the Devil danced hand in hand around every single electron. Around Every
- God does not give us more than we can handle in life; it's how we process things that make them seem more challenging and difficult. Challenging
- A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which… Ago
- I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's… Appreciates