Hortense Calisher Quotes

First publication is a pure carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.

Hortense Calisher

First publication is a pure carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.

Hortense Calisher

Tags: books, reading

When anything gets freed a zest goes round the world.

Hortense Calisher

When anything gets freed a zest goes round the world.

Hortense Calisher

Tags: helping, people

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Hortense Calisher (December 20, 1911 – January 13, 2009) was an American writer of fiction and the second female president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.