Janet Flanner Quotes

Janet Flanner — American Journalist born on March 13, 1892, died on November 07, 1978

Janet Flanner was an American writer and journalist who served as the Paris correspondent of The New Yorker magazine from 1925 until she retired in 1975. She wrote under the pen name "Genêt". She also published a single novel, The Cubical City, set in New York City... (wikipedia)

By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented.

I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.

I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.

When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on view in the courthouse, you are looking at 22 of the causes.

She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table.

Janet Flanner Quotes

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