Ellen Glasgow - Vein of iron (1935)

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There are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.

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By our moral code, my dear, an appearance of error is punished more severely than error itself.

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He was a rather commonplace youth at bottom, with more behavior than brains. In a democracy, and perhaps anywhere else, it was safer to be average.

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No, one couldn't make a revolution, one couldn't even start a riot, with sheep that asked only for better browsing.

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True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity.

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Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.

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Nobody, not even the old, not even the despairing, wished to come to an end in time or in eternity.

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Life may take away happiness. But it can't take away having had it.

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Give the young half a chance and they will create their own future, they will even create their own heaven and earth.

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What fools people are when they think they can make two lives belong together by saying words over them.

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Anger and jealousy are spasms of the nerves, not of the heart.

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There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity.

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To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.

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I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

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Spring was running in a thin green flame over the Valley.

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If broken hearts could kill, the earth would be as dead as the moon.

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