“the curse of human nature is imagination. When a long anticipated moment comes, we always find it pitched a note too low, for the wings of imagination are crushed into its withering sides under the crowding hordes of petty realities.” HumansLongMomentsRealitySidesImaginationHuman NatureLowsWingsNotesCursePettyCrushedHordeWithering Author:Gertrude Atherton
“power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.” HumansPassionPowerHuman NatureDominant Author:Gertrude Atherton
“The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.” MindHumansSelfCapacityInfiniteDeceptionHuman MindSelf Deception Author:Gertrude Atherton