As I get older I seem to believe less and less and yet to believe what I do believe more and more. – Gerald Brenan
Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people’s values. – Gerald Brenan
We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them. – Gerald Brenan
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. – Gerald Brenan
In a happy marriage it is the wife who provides the climate, the husband the landscape. – Gerald Brenan
Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter. – Gerald Brenan
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. – Gerald Brenan
You generally hear that what a man doesn’t know doesn’t hurt him, but in business what a man doesn’t know does hurt. – Gerald Brenan
If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms. – Gerald Brenan
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money. – Gerald Brenan
