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She knows as much about babies as a wild cat knows about tatting.
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He was of that pleasant temperament which believes whatever it is comfortable to believe; he was always able to explain facts to suit his mental necessities.
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A manufactured interest has no staying quality — especially if it involves any hard work.
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I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.
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In a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a godly soul in a very little sin.
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Arguing with Lucy was like trying to sew with no knot in your thread.
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[The remark] shocked poor Ellen into the realization that when children go wrong, everybody (except their parents) knows that it is their parents' fault.
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Dr. Lavendar had reached that degree of wisdom which knows that successful interference in love affairs must come from the inside, not from the outside.
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By some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed.
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It's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.
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There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.
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There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation. Virtue is just temptation, overcome.
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Fighting should be left to dogs and cats and chickens, who can't reason.
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There couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.
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Faith, it seems to me, is not the holding of certain dogmas; it is simply openness and readiness of heart to believe any truth which God may show.
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How long I've loved thee, and how well —
I dare not tell!
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Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.
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Margaret Deland
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Born:
February 23, 1857
Died:
January 13, 1945
(aged 87)
Bio:
Margaret Deland was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She is generally considered part of the literary realism movement.
Known for:
The Iron Woman (1911)
The Awakening of Helena Richie (1906)
Old Chester Tales (1898)
John Ward, preacher (1888)
Around Old Chester (1915)
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