To have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Kindness and intelligence don’t always deliver us from the pitfalls and traps: — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Nothing is more democratic, less judgmental, than water. Water doesn’t care whether — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Rome is all things high and low. It is like God, it accommodates so much. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
It’s the perpetually unfinished quality of housework that makes it oppressive – — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Violence is its own anesthetist. The numbness it induces feels very much like calm. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
It’s perfectly possible to hate one’s fat and to love one’s body at the same time. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison