Quote by: Laura Riding

I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me. Further than this, I know what they mean, I sympathize with them, I understand them. There should be a name (as poetic as love) for this relationship between loather and loathed; it is of the closest and more full of passion than incest.


Share this:  

Author Bio


  • NameLaura Riding
  • Descriptionpoet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer
  • AliasesMadeleine Vara; Laura Reichenthal; Laura Riding Gottschalk; Barbara Rich; Laura Riding Jackson
  • BornJanuary 16, 1901
  • DiedSeptember 2, 1991
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Bollingen Prize