Margaret Anderson Quotes

In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
Margaret Anderson

Romantic, Love, Good

Self-preservation is the first responsibility.
Margaret Anderson

Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.
Margaret Anderson

I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration.
Margaret Anderson

Nothing, Law, Anyone

I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.
Margaret Anderson

Struggle, Learned, Until

I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.
Margaret Anderson

Country, French, Attracted

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.
Margaret Anderson

American, Writer, Rarely

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too.
Margaret Anderson

Life, Thought, Cake

My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.
Margaret Anderson

Enemy, Greatest, Reality

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Editor

Born: November 24, 1886

Died: October 18, 1973

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