All Quotes by Jessamyn West
“The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.”
“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.”
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
“A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.”
“Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.”
“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.”
“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.”