Jean Stafford

A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall. ↗

— Jean Stafford

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For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7. ↗

— Jean Stafford

#i #left #practical #practical purposes #purposes

For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer. ↗

— Jean Stafford

#holds #knowledge #life #me #my life

From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect. ↗

— Jean Stafford

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He does what I have always needed to have done to me, and that is that he dominates me. ↗

— Jean Stafford

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I am growing meaner by the hour. ↗

— Jean Stafford

#growing #hour #i #i am #meaner

Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality. ↗

— Jean Stafford

#form #high #i #i feel #irony

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

#absolutely nothing #best #completely #generation #hope