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Jean Stafford
American
Writer
About the author
He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
#Time
#Rest
#Intellect
You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
#Want
#Now
#Hope
#Will
#Nothing
I am growing meaner by the hour.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
#Home
A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
#Silence
For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
#Life
#Nothing
#Being
#Writer
#Knowledge
Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.
Jean Stafford,
American
Writer
#Morality
#Irony