Quotes by : Florida Scott-Maxwell

Is there any stab as deep as wondering where and how much you failed those you loved?

You need to claim the events in your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have....

You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have....

...[T]here are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble but [we do know] it is our sacred....

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

This is what creation is. The might and marvel of forever creating out of opposition.

No matter how old a mother is she still watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my....

I say to life, "You are very hard", and I also say: "We are blind, we prefer to be blind. It is easier...".....