Quote

We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to be instead of just instinctively being.

Nancy Hale

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Nancy Hale
Age: 80 †
Born: 1908
Born: May 6
Died: 1988
Died: September 24
American Novelist
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Humans
Neurotics
Must
Instinctively
World
Likewise
Animals
Choose
Instead
Animal
Might

More quotes by Nancy Hale

Image
The best work of artists in any age is the work of innocence liberated by technical knowledge. The laboratory experiments that led to the theory of pure color equipped the impressionists to paint nature as if it had only just been created.
Nancy Hale
Image
one must find one's natural home, not try to construct it.
Nancy Hale
Image
The more specific you are, the more universal you are.
Nancy Hale
Image
If civilization ever achieves a higher standard of what constitutes normality, it will have been the neurotic who led the way.
Nancy Hale
Image
Mine! There isn't any such thing as mine. The world slips slithering through my fingers.
Nancy Hale
Image
The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.
Nancy Hale
Image
In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.
Nancy Hale
Image
The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.
Nancy Hale