Quote by Mary Gordon
I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic co

I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad. – Mary Gordon

Other quotes by Mary Gordon

One should never be sexually involved with anyone one genuinely cares for. A sexual relationship guarantees a loss. – Mary Gordon

Category:
relationship
Read Quote

It was actually a womens writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction. – Mary Gordon

Category:
Courage
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
sad
category

Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. Thats what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots. – Mark Boal

Category:
sad

First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isnt so great. – Alyssa Milano

Category:
sad

We try to… we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. – Tony Hancock

Category:
sad

Its a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me. – Daniel Day-Lewis

Category:
sad

Random Quotes

When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. – Kahlil Gibran

Category:
Broken Hearts

But it seems that the judging maybe they shouldnt at least see the practices all week long. That can taint the way they go into the judging and the outlook of whats going to happen, instead of just watching those four minutes and judging on those minutes alone. – Nancy Kerrigan

Category:
alone

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and whatever abysses nature leads, or you will learn nothing. – Thomas Huxley

Category:
Learning

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. – Francis Picabia