“Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.”

Lillian Hellman

“It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.”

Lillian Hellman

“There are people who eat earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. Then there are people who stand around and watch them eat it. (Softly) Sometimes I think it ain't right ...”

Lillian Hellman

“For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.”

Lillian Hellman

“Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.”

Lillian Hellman