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# Patricia Highsmith

(1921–1995)   Writer   United States

 **115** quotes in **478** categories

A desert scene where rain falls on a lone figure appears in Patricia Highsmith’s words. She writes about strange, vivid moments like a steam calliope’s hollow sound and a shoulder’s curve, and she admits she wakes when she feels like it, not by an alarm. Her thoughts also touch on destiny and humility.

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Patricia Highsmith was a writer from the United States, best known for *The Price of Salt*.

## Quick Facts About Patricia Highsmith

Born January 19, 1921

Died February 4, 1995

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works The Price of Salt

Known for Ripley Under Ground, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Cry of the Owl, The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Ripley Under Water

## About Patricia Highsmith

She is best known for her psychological thrillers, especially a five‑book series about the charming but criminal Tom Ripley. Her writing career lasted almost fifty years, and more than two dozen of her books have been turned into movies. Highsmith’s work shows the influence of existentialist literature and often explores questions of identity and popular morality. Graham Greene once called her "the poet of apprehension".

## Awards & Honors

Grand Prix de Littérature Policière Prix de l'Humour noir Officer of Arts and Letters Lucien Barrière Literary Award

##  Quotes by Patricia Highsmith

> [It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/it-always-gets-late-with-you-is-that-a-compliment/)

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[Compliment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compliment/)

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> [Everything human is alien to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/everything-human-is-alien-to-me/)

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[Alien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alien/)

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> [“The train tore along with an angry, irregular rhythm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/the-train-tore-along-with-an-angry-irregular-rhythm/)

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[Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/)

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> [I don't set the alarm to get up. I get up when I feel like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/i-don-t-set-the-alarm-to-get-up-i-get-up-when-i-feel-like-it/)

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[Alarm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alarm/)

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> [The justice I have received, I shall give back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/the-justice-i-have-received-i-shall-give-back/)

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[Giving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/)

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> [“Society's law was lax compared to the law of conscience”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/society-s-law-was-lax-compared-to-the-law-of-conscience/)

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[Conscience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conscience/)

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> [“There were many times when logic was of no comfort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/there-were-many-times-when-logic-was-of-no-comfort/)

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> [Perhaps it was freedom itself that choked her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/perhaps-it-was-freedom-itself-that-choked-her/)

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[Choked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choked/)

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> [Each book is, in a sense, an argument with myself, and I would write it, whether it is ever published or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/each-book-is-in-a-sense-an-argument-with-myself-and-i-would-write-it/)

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[Argument](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/argument/)

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> [Perhaps God and the Devil danced hand in hand around every single electron.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/perhaps-god-and-the-devil-danced-hand-in-hand-around-every-single/)

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[Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/)

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> [“At any rate, Therese thought, she was happier than she ever had been before. And why worry about defining everything?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/at-any-rate-therese-thought-she-was-happier-than-she-ever-had-been/)

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[Defining](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defining/)

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> [“I won't ever set the world on fire as a painter,' Dickie said, 'but I get a great deal of pleasure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/i-won-t-ever-set-the-world-on-fire-as-a-painter-dickie-said-but-i-get/)

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[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

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> [I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/i-can-t-write-if-someone-else-is-in-the-house-not-even-the-cleaning/)

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> [Honestly, I don't understand why people get so worked up about a little murder!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/honestly-i-don-t-understand-why-people-get-so-worked-up-about-a/)

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> [I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/i-find-the-public-passion-for-justice-quite-boring-and-artificial/)

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> [“What could be duller than past history!' Therese said, smiling. 'Maybe futures that won't have any history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/what-could-be-duller-than-past-history-therese-said-smiling-maybe/)

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> [“But when they kissed goodnight in bed, Therese felt their sudden release, that leap of response in both of them, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/but-when-they-kissed-goodnight-in-bed-therese-felt-their-sudden/)

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[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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> [“He remembered that right after that, he had stolen a loaf of bread from a delicatessen counter and had taken it home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/he-remembered-that-right-after-that-he-had-stolen-a-loaf-of-bread/)

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[Stolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stolen/)

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> [He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/he-liked-the-fact-that-venice-had-no-cars-it-made-the-city-human-the/)

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> [“Tom laughed at the phrase "sexual deviation." Where was the sex? Where was the deviation? He looked at Freddie and said low…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/tom-laughed-at-the-phrase-sexual-deviation-where-was-the-sex-where/)

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[Dirty mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dirty-mind/)

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> [A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/a-few-years-ago-there-were-requests-to-me-can-we-make-this-i-said/)

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[Contact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contact/)

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> [The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/the-first-person-you-should-think-of-pleasing-in-writing-a-book-is/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/i-have-graham-greene-s-telephone-number-but-i-wouldn-t-dream-of-using/)

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[Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/)

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> [“It was a kind of arrogance, perhaps, to believe so in one's destiny. But, on the other hand, who could be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/it-was-a-kind-of-arrogance-perhaps-to-believe-so-in-one-s-destiny-but/)

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[Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/)

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> [“Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh. She had a vision of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/happiness-was-like-a-green-vine-spreading-through-her-stretching-fine-3/)

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[Happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/)

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> [But there were too many points at which the other self could invade the self he wanted to preserve, and there were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/but-there-were-too-many-points-at-which-the-other-self-could-invade/)

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> [“Why should Dickie want to come back to subways and taxis and starched collars and a nine-to- five job? Or even a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/why-should-dickie-want-to-come-back-to-subways-and-taxis-and-starched/)

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[Old clothes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-clothes/)

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> [“He did look like an Italian of the worse type, though Vic didn't think he was, and it was an insult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/he-did-look-like-an-italian-of-the-worse-type-though-vic-didn-t-think/)

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[Racism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/racism/)

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> [Then Carol slipped her arm under her neck, and all the length of their bodies touched fitting as if something had prearranged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/then-carol-slipped-her-arm-under-her-neck-and-all-the-length-of-their/)

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[Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/)

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> [He loved possessions, not masses of them, but a select few that he did not part with. They gave a man self-respect.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/he-loved-possessions-not-masses-of-them-but-a-select-few-that-he-did-2/)

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> [How was it possible to be afraid and in love... The two things did not go together. How was it possible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/how-was-it-possible-to-be-afraid-and-in-love-the-two-things-did-not/)

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> [I should love to do a novel, about one abnormal character seeing present-day life, very ordinary life, yet arresting through it, abnormality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/i-should-love-to-do-a-novel-about-one-abnormal-character-seeing/)

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[Abnormal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abnormal/)

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> [“The word “marriage” lingered in Guy’s ears, too. It was a solemn word to him. It had the primordial solemnity of holy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/the-word-marriage-lingered-in-guy-s-ears-too-it-was-a-solemn-word-to/)

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> [“It was strange to read about the people he knew in New York, Ed and Lorraine, the newt-brained girl who had tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/it-was-strange-to-read-about-the-people-he-knew-in-new-york-ed-and/)

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> [They were not friends. They didn't know each other. It struck Tom like a horrible truth, true for all time, true for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/they-were-not-friends-they-didn-t-know-each-other-it-struck-tom-like/)

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> [“Forever, Tom thought. Maybe he’d never go back to the States. It was not so much Europe itself as the evenings he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/forever-tom-thought-maybe-he-d-never-go-back-to-the-states-it-was-not/)

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> [“Therese was propped up on one elbow. The milk was so hot, she could barely let her lip touch it at first.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/therese-was-propped-up-on-one-elbow-the-milk-was-so-hot-she-could/)

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[Fairy tale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairy-tale/)

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> [“Their eyes met at the same instant moment, Therese glancing up from a box she was opening, and the woman just turning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/their-eyes-met-at-the-same-instant-moment-therese-glancing-up-from-a/)

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[Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/)

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> [“Just what did happen to a corpse under water for four, five years, even three? the tarpaulin or canvas would rot, perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/just-what-did-happen-to-a-corpse-under-water-for-four-five-years-even/)

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[Corpse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corpse/)

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> [“Obsessions are the only things that matter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-highsmith/obsessions-are-the-only-things-that-matter/)

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[Autism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autism/)

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