“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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“آن زندگی را که باعث نوشتن می‌شود نمی‌توان روی کاغذ آورد. آن زندگی بی آن‌که خود نویسنده بداند به پیش می‌رود. فارغ از اشتغالات فکری و هیاهو، در گودال‌هایی عمیق و تاریک که خاطرات شبح‌وار به‌خاطر ما در آن‌جا نبرد می‌کنند، یکدیگر را از پا درمی‌آورند و در پایان که چندتاشان باقی می‌مانند در پیش چشم ما ظاهر می‌شوند، اما با همان برخورد بی‌اعتنایی مواجه می‌شوند که پیشخدمت‌ها هنگام آوردن فنجانی قهوه‌ی اضافه.”
― Tobias Wolff, quote from Old School
“And thus I learned that at Harvard, while knowing a great deal is the norm and knowing everything is the goal, appearing to know everything is an acceptable substitute. I pondered this great truth during the two-hour seminar. I was so buoyed up by it that I didn't pay enough attention to snorkeling up little bits of food in order to keep my nausea under control. I sailed right on into my next class, another seminar, confident that I could get through it without losing my lunch.”
― Martha N. Beck, quote from Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic
“If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Shatterglass
“He leaned forward suddenly, so that for an instant the strong, bearded face was clear; the voice softened, and there was an aching sadness in it. "Only the creatures of the earth take from one another, boy. All creatures, but men more than any. Life they take, and liberty and all that another man may have - sometimes through greed, sometimes through stupidity, but never by any volition but their own. Beware your own race, Bran Davies - they are the only ones who will ever harm you, in the end.”
― Susan Cooper, quote from The Grey King
“When you love with all you are, it isn't unhappiness alone you risk. It's heaven, too.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Born in Fire
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