Are you seeing a psychiatrist?' as a conversation opener would nowadays earn you a punch in the nose, but for fifty years it was a compliment. It meant, 'One can plainly see you are sensitive, intense, and interesting, and therefore neurotic.' Only the dullest of clods trudged around without a neurosis.
Barbara HollandIn the taverns all was amiable and easy, but the coffeehouses were cauldrons of edgy malcontents.
Barbara HollandSingle life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones.
Barbara HollandAre you seeing a psychiatrist?' as a conversation opener would nowadays earn you a punch in the nose, but for fifty years it was a compliment. It meant, 'One can plainly see you are sensitive, intense, and interesting, and therefore neurotic.' Only the dullest of clods trudged around without a neurosis.
Barbara HollandSuccess in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.
Barbara Holland