The great omission in American life is solitude... that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incinerator of the spirit.
Marya Mannes quote Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them
Marya Mannes quote It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.
Marya Mannes quote All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
Marya Mannes quote I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society
Marya Mannes quote In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude
Marya Mannes quote The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future
Marya Mannes quote Borders are scratched across the hearts of men, by strangers with a calm, judicial pen, and when the borders bleed we watch with dread the lines of ink along the map turn red
Marya Mannes quote Biography
US jouranlist, 1904 - 90
