Margaret Anderson

Self-preservation is the first responsibility. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#responsibility #self-preservation

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#good #love #love you #other #person

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#intellectuals #me #sentimental #too

I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#because #curb #defied #existed #i

I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#enlighten #flashes #fought #grief #i

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#country #french #i #repelled #their

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#american writer #hopelessly #rarely #sane #see

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#cake #eaten #exactly #had #i

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#fought #greatest #i #reality #successfully