8/27/49 I shall have the best, in the long run. Not a home with children, not even a permanent thing (what is permanent in life or in art? Whatever is permanent except one’s own heartbeat?)
Patricia Highsmith, “Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995.″ Anna von Planta (Editor). (Liveright, November 16, 2021)












