Lillian Hellman

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#made #often #scoundrels #time #traitor

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#i #i tried #slippery #tell #these

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#brightest #cannot #famous people #hour #many

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#america #considered #dwell #heads #keep

People change and forget to tell each other. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#each #forget #other #people #people change

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashion. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#conscience #cut #fashion #fit #i

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#makes #man #stand #straight #success