Margaret Anderson

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had read more

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too

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.

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want
the other person.

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want
the other person.

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.

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.