Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the rebel, who pulls down the whole flimsy structure periodically throughout history.
Helen McCloyOther people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own.
Helen McCloythe unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives.
Helen McCloyThat's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are.
Helen McCloy