Author: Jessamyn West

Quotes

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.

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

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

- Jessamyn West

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

- Jessamyn West

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.

- Jessamyn West

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

- Jessamyn West

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

- Jessamyn West

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract.

- Jessamyn West

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

Teaching is the royal road to learning.

- Jessamyn West

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

- Jessamyn West

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