Lillian Hellman

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of telling the truth.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
Lillian Hellman - An Unfinished Woman, 1969
Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.

It it not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.
Lillian Hellman - The Little Foxes
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
Lillian Hellman - The Little Foxes, 1939
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

- Lillian Hellman