“And yet, even as she spoke, she knew that she did not wish to come back. not to stay, not to live. She loved the little yellow cottage more than she loved any place on earth. but she was through with it except in her memories. ”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, quote from Heaven to Betsy
“You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, quote from Heaven to Betsy
“What would life be like without her writing? Writing filled her life with beauty and mystery, gave it life...and promise.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, quote from Heaven to Betsy
“That's the way you have to be with boys," said Betsy. "Beam about their old football when you're dying to know whether they're going to take you to a party.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, quote from Heaven to Betsy
“... the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, quote from Heaven to Betsy
Maud Hart Lovelace
Born place: in Mankato, MN, The United States
Born date April 25, 1892
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“Everything is possible. You once told me not too long ago we should always have hope and I do.”
― T.S. Krupa, quote from Safe & Sound
“Sem ele não sabe viver, não pode viver. como acostumar-se, se outra é a luz do dia envolto em cinza, num crepúsculo metálico onde vivos e mortos se confundem nas mesmas lembranças. Tantas imagens e figuras em derredor de Vadinho, tanto riso e tanto choro, um bulício, um calor, o tilintar das fichas e a voz do crupiê. Só no fundo da memória a vida se afirma, plena, com a luz da manhã e as estrelas noturnas; afirma-se vitoriosa sobre esse crepúsculo em coma, no estertor da morte.”
― Jorge Amado, quote from Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
“He who only wishes and hopes does not interfere actively with the course of events and with the shaping of his own destiny.”
― Ludwig von Mises, quote from Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
“was it scripted by God or I am playing with my life.”
― Durgesh Satpathy, quote from Equating the Equations of Insanity: A Journey from Grief to Victory
“writes within it, is erudite, stately, illuminating. The iconoclasm need not be loud and messy, I can almost hear him saying,”
― John Williams, quote from Butcher's Crossing
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