That was the trouble with experience; it taught you that most people were capable of anything, so that loyalty was never quite on firm ground -- or, rather, became a matter of pardoning offenses instead of denying their existence.


Cliffs of Fall: And Other Stories (ed. Picador, 2004) - ISBN: 9781466800496

Shirley Hazzard Quotes

That was the trouble with experience; it taught you that most people were capable of anything, so that loyalty was never quite on firm ground -- or,...

That was the trouble with experience; it taught you that most people were capable of anything, so that loyalty was never quite on firm ground -- or,...

That was the trouble with experience; it taught you that most people were capable of anything, so that loyalty was never quite on firm ground -- or,...

That was the trouble with experience; it taught you that most people were capable of anything, so that loyalty was never quite on firm ground -- or,...