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1937
"There is something even sadder than falling short of one's own ideals: to have realised them."

Cesare Pavese
from The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarests

1942
"I wonder if it's true that all women are born actors. I wonder what I'm really like. I know I'm often tied, beaten and afraid, yet someone at the canteen said I radiated confidence. What would I really be like if all my nonsense and pretence was taken from me? I have a sneaking feeling I'd be a very scared, ageing woman, with pitifully little. It's an odd thing to reflect: no one knows anyone else, we don't even know ourselves very well."

Nella Last
from The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarests

2006
"The whole idea of acting is extremely puzzling. It's hard enough being real in reality, to friends, family, strangers etc, let alone being real when you're pretending to be someone else! Help heaven!"

sadly, Myself
from THEATRE, CDP101 drama journal