Faith and doubt both are needed — not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. – Lillian Smith
I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within. – Lillian Smith
Faith and doubt both are needed – not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. – Lillian Smith
Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college. – Lillian Smith
The Miss America contest is the most perfectly rendered theater in our culture, for it so perfectly captures what we yearn for: a low-class ritual, a polished restatement of vulgarity, that wants to open the door to high-class respectability by way of plain middle-class anxiety and ambition. – Gerald Early