Nancy Hale Quotes

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.

What man can imagine he may one day achieve.

The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.

We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to be instead of just instinctively being.

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

If civilization ever achieves a higher standard of what constitutes normality, it will have been the neurotic who led the way.

Never give away your work. People don’t value what they don’t have to pay for.

imagination is new reality in the process of being created. It represents the part of the existing order that can still grow.

The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.

After my mother's death, I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.

It seems as if when you try to do just one thing and nothing but, you can't do it at all. You do everything better if there's more than one thing.

one must find one's natural home, not try to construct it.

Creation lives alone in a small temple. Only one may worship at a time.

Mine! There isn't any such thing as mine. The world slips slithering through my fingers.

To do anything, it is first necessary to be doing nothing.

In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

The more specific you are, the more universal you are.

After my mother's death I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.

Your father used to say "Never give away your work. People don't value what they don't have to pay for."