Margaret Anderson

I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have read more

I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of read more

I have always fought for ideas -- until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.