You say that you hope I will be recognized as the best novelist of my generation. I want you to know now and know completely that that would mean to me absolutely nothing.
- Jean Stafford
Generation, Want, Will, Novelist
A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on the wall.
- Jean Stafford
Silence, Small, Came, Precise
From time to time, I need a rest from the exercitation of my intellect.
- Jean Stafford
Rest, Need, Intellect, From Time To Time
I am growing meaner by the hour.
- Jean Stafford
I Am, Growing, Hour, Meaner
For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7.
- Jean Stafford
Home, Left, Practical, Purposes
For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.
- Jean Stafford
My Life, Nothing, Than, Holds
Irony, I feel, is a very high form of morality.
- Jean Stafford
High, Very, Form, Irony
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