Jessamyn West

Discover the 10 best quotes by Jessamyn West. Make your own poster too.

More Authors

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

Jessamyn West
alone

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.

Jessamyn West
communication

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection the past then lives in your words and you are free.

Jessamyn West
death

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

Jessamyn West
forgiveness

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

Jessamyn West
future

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

Jessamyn West
history

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

Jessamyn West
humor

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Jessamyn West
imagination

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

Jessamyn West
imagination

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

Jessamyn West
learning

More Tools

Content Credential Remover
Youtube Thumbnail Grabber
Background Remover
Terms of Service Privacy About Blog
Copyright © 2023