Miss Read Quotes

#1. The worst of getting old,' said Winnie, 'is the time one has to spend in patching oneself up.

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#2. Happiness is the result of an attitude of mind. I believe you can build it out of small things ...

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#3. Thoughts by a graveside are too dark and deep to be sustained for any length of time. Sooner or later the hurt mind turns to the sun for healing, and this is as it should be, for otherwise, what future could any of us hope for, but madness?

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#4. I soon realized that what I really wanted was time to ruminate, time to observe, and often time to be alone.

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#5. For Amy is the victim of today's common malaise - too much self analysis; while I, finding myself remarkably uninteresting, am only too pleased to observe others and the natural objects around me. Thus I am

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#6. A quarter past three," she exclaimed, catching sight of the bedside clock. "What a time to be drinking tea!"
"Anytime," Harold told her, "is time to be drinking tea.

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#7. Not to be alone - ever - is one of my ideas of hell, and a day when I have had no solitude at all in which 'to catch up with myself' I find mentally, physically and spiritually exhausting.

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#8. Anyone with any sense welcomes retirement,

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