Jessamyn West

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes it takes more grit and gumption…

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The…

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the…

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future…

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the…

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures…

Teaching is the royal road to learning…

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by…

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor…