Shirley Hazzard Quotes

Countries we love will inevitably do things we don't like or fail to understand. The same goes for people.

To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

We cannot forgive another for not being ourselves.

Let us not complain against men because otheir rudeness, their ingratitude, their injustice, their arrogance, their love oself, their forgetfulness oothers. They are so made. Such is their nature.

I've learned that it's OK to be flawed.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

I'm very forgiving so I forgive most things, really.

I embrace everything about Ally... I don't particularly see her as a whiner. One week she's tough, the next she's really weak. I love that. She's human.

It is because we are all imposters that we endure each other.

Love has no errors, for all errors are the want for love.

Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.

I realize you can't please everyone.

Perhaps it is as well to keep an open and charitable mind, and to try to understand why people do things instead of condemning the acts themselves

The closer people are to the truth, the more tolerant they are of the mistakes of others.

As I allow myself my own weaknesses, I should tolerate the weaknesses of others.

On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.

People have weaknesses, we should accept it.

There's nobody you can't love once you know their story. I believe that to be, in the majority, true.

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.

I could forgive anybody.

We like flawed people.