The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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About Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (September 14, 1934 – April 24, 2002) was an American journalist, essayist and memoirist. She is best known for her autobiographical work, particularly her account of growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, and for her travel writing.

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Sometimes I think that just not thinking of oneself is a form of prayer.

—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

My mother was my first jealous lover.

—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.

—Soren Kierkegaard

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No good deed goes unpunished.

—Clare Booth Luce

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Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret.

—Mary McCarthy

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Where humor is concerned there are no standards—no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

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If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.

—Anna Quindlen

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