Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the rebel, who pulls down the whole flimsy structure periodically throughout history. Helen McCloy More Quotes by Helen McCloy More Quotes From Helen McCloy Every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints. And he can't wear gloves to hide them. Helen McCloy glovespsychicscriminals In a city you thought of all life as human life. You had to live in the heart of the woods to realize that humanity was a slight ripple on the surface of a flood of life that seeped into every vacant crack, flowed into every biological vacuum the moment it occurred. Helen McCloy citieshumanityheart The experiences of the heartless are so limited. It is hate that is blind. Love may miss a flaw here and there, but hate misses beauty everywhere. Helen McCloy beauty-everywherehateheart Even a small, everyday lie is a clue to the personality and preoccupations of the liar, like a dream or any other confection of the mind, that is half-conscious and half-unconscious, as all creative acts must be. Helen McCloy dreamliarslying most of our social and educational institutions are designed to weed out or make over people ... until we produce a world where everyone is a smart, quick-witted, aggressive person living on the surface of the mind without ever looking into the depths. Helen McCloy smartweededucational That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are. Helen McCloy moneymomentstrying A critic is a person who rationalizes his likes and dislikes in such impressive language that the layman thinks he is reasoning instead of rationalizing. Helen McCloy likes-and-dislikeslanguagethinking To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock. Helen McCloy latinhandsmoving Diamonds are the tears of the poor. Helen McCloy richtearsjewels Falling in love is like religious conversion. It goes on for a long time below the threshold before it reaches consciousness. Helen McCloy falling-in-lovereligiouslove-is Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says? Helen McCloy daughterlyingfiction Everything you do in war is a crime in peace Helen McCloy anti-warcrimewar Habit is far stronger than the lessons of experience. Helen McCloy strongerhabitlessons the fool is the one true cosmopolite - the one character common to all nationalities. Helen McCloy foolcommoncharacter ... law is a substitute for love. Helen McCloy substituteslaw fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator. Helen McCloy creativitylyingart what you fear, you invite. Helen McCloy invitesfear The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal. Helen McCloy betrayallineswriting the true and the plausible are rarely the same. Helen McCloy plausibletruth Nobody believes in ghosts, but everybody is afraid of them. Helen McCloy ghostbelieve
