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Martha Albrand Quotes

All writing is a process of elimination.

All writing is a process of elimination.

Martha Albrand
Writing, Elimination, Process

It is a great blessing to be able to forget, but it takes a lot of wisdom to know what should be forgotten.

Martha Albrand
Blessing, Able, Forget
Martha Albrand (1950). “Wait for the Dawn”

Failure is never a reason not to try again.

Martha Albrand
Failure, Trying, Reason
Martha Albrand (1950). “Wait for the Dawn”

when you start to bore yourself and others, that's when you begin to get old.

Martha Albrand
Age, Bores, Old Age
Martha Albrand (1950). “Wait for the Dawn”

innocence is the hardest thing to prove.

Martha Albrand
Innocence, Hardest, Prove

Once you allow anyone to terrorize you, you will be terrorized all your life. Terror corrupts. Pretty soon you'll be terrorizing others. ... Life doesn't mean anything if you can't rid yourself of fear.

Martha Albrand
Fear, Mean, Terror

there are things you mustn't even try to explain. They either become trite or they tie you down to something that's only half true.

Martha Albrand
Ties, Trying, Half
Martha Albrand (1966). “A door fell shut”

There are as many jealousies in life as there are different flowers or trees or animals.

Martha Albrand
Jealousy, Flower, Animal

What would be achieved ever if people lost the ability to dream?

Martha Albrand
Dream, People, Would Be

Scientists have a second brain where other people have their hearts.

Martha Albrand
Heart, Science, People

No fight is harder than the struggle against the thing you want most to believe.

Martha Albrand
Believe, Struggle, Fighting
Martha Albrand (1966). “A door fell shut”

You are free only when you care for nobody in the world. But if you stop caring, life isn't worth living.

Martha Albrand
Caring, World, Care

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