American novelist, born in . Indiana, USA . A Quaker herself, her most famous novel is The Friendly Persuasion (1945), about the conflicts felt by a Quaker farm family during the Civil War. Other works include the novels Cress Delahanty (1954) and Except for Me and Thee (1969), a sequel to The Friendly Persuasion; collections of stories including Love, Death, and the Ladies Drill Team (1955), and Collected Stories (1987); and the autobiographical Hide and Seek (1973) and The Woman Said Yes (1976).
Works: Works by Jessamyn West
1945 The Friendly Persuasion. The Indiana-born author's debut is a series of affectionate and humorous sketches recalling her ancestors, a Quaker farming family during the second half of the nineteenth century. The story would be adapted as a film, starring Gary Cooper, in 1956.
1953 Cress Delahanty. One of West's most popular and best works is this series of episodes in the title character's development from ages twelve to sixteen.
Quotes By: Jessamyn West
"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."
"To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other."
"It's very easy to forgive others their mistakes, it takes more gut and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."
"If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one."
"Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures."
"I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt."
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