Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks Quotes

“If I had been blind, I could have got married, I am pretty sure.”
― Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995

“I'm still an old pearl in a new oyster.”
― Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950

“Are all women nothing but symbols?”
― Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950

“Persistently, I have a vision of a house in the country with the blond wife whom I adore, with the children whom I adore, on the land and with the trees I adore. I know this will never be, yet will be partially, that tantalizing measure (of a man) which leads me on.”
― Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950

“Why I love you Patricia Highsmith, will forever remain a Freudian enigma.”
― Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950

“Miscellania: How to get rid of persistent boy friends. Should I develop a healthy case of dandruff?”
― Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks: The New York Years, 1941-1950