Shirley Hazzard quotes

The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts. (Shirley Hazzard)
Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization. View quote
Shirley Hazzard
Poetry has been the longest pleasure of my life. View quote
Shirley Hazzard
Sometimes, surely, truth is closer to imagination or to intelligence, to love than to fact? To be accurate is not to be right. View quote
Shirley Hazzard
When you realize someone is trying to hurt you, it hurts less." "Unless you love them. View quote
Shirley Hazzard