Marya Mannes

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

Generosity with strings is not generosity; It is a deal.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control emotions by the application of reason.
Marya Mannes - The Quotable Woman...on Love & Relationships
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.
Marya Mannes - The Quotable Woman...on Love & Relationships
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

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