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01c. 1944 AD

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

Lillian Hellman / quote

02c. 1944 AD

Unjust. How many times I've used that word, scolded myself with it. All I mean by it now is that I don't have the final courage to say that I refuse to preside over violations against myself, and to hell with justice.

Lillian Hellman / quote

03c. 1944 AD

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

Lillian Hellman / quote

04c. 1944 AD

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

Lillian Hellman / quote