Vera Caspary quotes

Vera Caspary quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Money can be more of a barrier between people than language or race or religion.”
-- Vera Caspary

Source : Vera Caspary (1964). “A chosen sparrow”

#Race Quotes #People Quotes #Language Quotes
“A smile couldn't be brought into court as evidence. You couldn't arrest a man because he had trembled. Brown eyes had stolen a peep at gray eyes, so what? The tone of a voice was something that died with a word.”
-- Vera Caspary

#Eye Quotes #Men Quotes #Voice Quotes
“The cat crossed the street daintily, pointing his feet like a ballet dancer, lifting them high as if his feet were too good for the pavement.”
-- Vera Caspary

#Cat Quotes #Feet Quotes #Dancer Quotes
“If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind.”
-- Vera Caspary

Source : Laura ch. 2 (1943)

#Dream Quotes #Men Quotes #Normal Quotes
“It's when you have friends that you can afford to be lonely. When you know a lot of people, loneliness becomes a luxury. It's only when you're forced to be lonely that it's bad.”
-- Vera Caspary

#Lonely Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Luxury Quotes
“My mind was clear and penetrating at the time, for it was midnight, the hour at which I am most brave and most free.”
-- Vera Caspary

#Night Quotes #Brave Quotes #Mind Quotes
“No writer, however popular, disdains a reader, however humble.”
-- Vera Caspary

#Humble Quotes #Reader Quotes #Disdain Quotes

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