The Mountain Lion Quotes

“He whirled round and round in his rapid love; it pricked him on the breastbone like a needle. He wanted to be shut up in a small space to think about it. He wanted to grab it and eat it like an apple so that nobody else could have it.”
― Jean Stafford, The Mountain Lion

“When we try to hurt other people we are much more likely to get hurt ourself.”
― Jean Stafford, The Mountain Lion

“Literature is a great medicine: it tkes us out of ourselves.”
― Jean Stafford, The Mountain Lion

“Once out in the bright green meadows of the valley he thought he would be safe from the thoughts that swarmed about him like a dream of reptiles.”
― Jean Stafford, The Mountain Lion