quotes by Jessamyn West

"Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures."
— Jessamyn West

"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. "
— Jessamyn West

"It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."
— Jessamyn West

"If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one."
— Jessamyn West

"I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt."
— Jessamyn West

"Some people are always thirsting for water from other people's wells."
— Jessamyn West

"Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential."
— Jessamyn West

" “Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.”
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— Jessamyn West

"Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. "
— Jessamyn West

"Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. "
— Jessamyn West

"Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential."
— Jessamyn West