Nancy Atherton Quotes

#1. When I learned of Aunt Dimity's death, I was stunned. Not because she was dead, but because I had never known she'd been alive.

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#2. Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood.

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#3. They were tales of commonplace courage and optimism, for I knew from my own experience that everyday virtues endure best, and that quiet courage is worth more than the grandest derring-do.

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#4. The Handsome Prince Handbook is mute on the subject of chronic workaholism - Prince Charming, apparently, knew how to delegate - and I didn't know where else to turn for help. What do you do when life begins to go wrong and you've used up all three wishes?

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#5. Maybe, when all was said and done, that was where love began and what kept it alive: the simple, everyday act of paying attention.

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#6. Fairy tales, as Nell had said, are always complicated.

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#7. Jack made a pass at me, too. He thought my riding crop was alluring until I smacked him across the face with it."
"Good Grief," I said. "Is any woman safe from him?
"If I were Horace Malvern," said Emma, "I'd hide the cows.

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#8. A woman without a past is like a fruitcake without brandy - insipid!

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