Sentences in which I have tried for a certain light tone -- many of those have to do with events, upheavals, destructions that caused me to weep like a child.
Elizabeth HardwickHow certain human beings are able to create works of art is a mystery, and why they should wish to do so, at a great cost to themselves usually, is another mystery. Works are not created by one's life; every life is rich in material.
Elizabeth HardwickHere in the city the worst thing that can happen to a nation has happened: we are a people afraid of its youth.
Elizabeth Hardwick