Vera Caspary quotes
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“Money can be more of a barrier between people than language or race or religion.”
-- Vera CasparySource : Vera Caspary (1964). “A chosen sparrow”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind.”
-- Vera CasparySource : Laura ch. 2 (1943)
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“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.”
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“My mind was clear and penetrating at the time, for it was midnight, the hour at which I am most brave and most free.”
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“No writer, however popular, disdains a reader, however humble.”
-- Vera Caspary
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“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”
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“Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.”
Source : Abbie Hoffman (1968). “Revolution for the hell of it”
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“When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.”
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