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.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to read more

. . . the great thing to learn about life is, first, not to do what you don't want to do, and, second, to do what you do want to do.

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.