Author: Lillian Hellman

Quotes

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

- Lillian Hellman

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

- Lillian Hellman

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.

- Lillian Hellman

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

- Lillian Hellman

God forgives those who invent what they need.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

- Lillian Hellman

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

- Lillian Hellman

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

- Lillian Hellman

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

- Lillian Hellman

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

- Lillian Hellman

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