Harry Crews quotes

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with. (Harry Crews)
survival is triumph enough. View quote
Harry Crews
What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living. View quote
Harry Crews
Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business. View quote
Harry Crews
That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night. View quote
Harry Crews
Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober. View quote
Harry Crews
He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure. View quote
Harry Crews