Quotes by Mary MacLane

"I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all a creature of intense passionate feeling. I feel—everything. It is my genius. It burns me like fire."
Mary MacLane
"People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis."
Mary MacLane
"I am lithe, but fragile from constant involuntary self-analysis."
Mary MacLane
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Mary MacLane (May 1, 1881 – c. August 6, 1929) was a controversial Canadian-born American writer whose frank memoirs helped usher in the confessional style of autobiographical writing. MacLane was kno...