Marya Mannes
Marya Mannes
Marya Manneswas an American author and critic, known for her caustic but insightful observations of American life. Mannes also wrote under the pen name of, "Sec."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 November 1904
CountryUnited States of America
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Borders are scratched across the hearts of men, by strangers with a calm, judicial pen, and when the borders bleed we watch with dread the lines of ink along the map turn red
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Who's kidding whom? What's the difference between Giant and Jumbo? Quart and full quart? Two-ounce and big two-ounce? What does Extra Long mean? What's a tall 24-inches? And what busy shopper can tell?
revenge abuse environmental
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
women lovers seduction
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
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People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.
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Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.
generosity strings deals
Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal.
leaks
The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so.
privilege moments awareness
It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.
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Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.
war heart men
Borders are scratched across the hearts of men By strangers with a calm, judicial pen, And when the borders bleed we watch with dread The lines of ink across the map turn red.
loss sisterhood men
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.
loneliness being-alone space
The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incubator of the spirit.
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Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.