I want so much for my lover. At night when our beds are drawn close together I waken and see his dear yellow head on the pillow - sometimes his arm thrown over on my bed - and I kiss his hand, very softly so that it will not waken him.
I realize more and more how instinctively pessimistic I am of all human kindness -- since I am always so bowled over by it -- and am never surprised … - Dawn Powell
I realize more and more how instinctively pessimistic I am of all human kindness -- since I am always so bowled over by it -- and am never surprised …
- Dawn Powell
There is something more annoying than pleasant in finding neighbors from back home chiselling in on your own exclusive New York. It mitigates your tr… - Dawn Powell
There is something more annoying than pleasant in finding neighbors from back home chiselling in on your own exclusive New York. It mitigates your tr…
Rage swept over her at being young, young and little, as if some evil fairy had put that spell on her. Why must you be locked up in this dreadful cag… - Dawn Powell
Rage swept over her at being young, young and little, as if some evil fairy had put that spell on her. Why must you be locked up in this dreadful cag…
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through… - Dawn Powell
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through…
A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer. - Dawn Powell
A writer's business is minding other people's business ... all the vices of the village gossip are the virtues of the writer.
The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without… - Dawn Powell
The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without…
I cannot exist without the oxygen of laughter. - Dawn Powell
I cannot exist without the oxygen of laughter.
All Americans come from Ohio originally, if only briefly. - Dawn Powell
All Americans come from Ohio originally, if only briefly.
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of lo… - Dawn Powell
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of lo…
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