II have always been a disappointment to my friends. I have no gift of talk, not much to say; and though I have always been an excellent listener, that only succeeds under auspicious circumstances.


The Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. M.O.W. Oliphant (1899)

Margaret Oliphant Quotes

II have always been a disappointment to my friends. I have no gift of talk, not much to say; and though I have always been an excellent listener,...

II have always been a disappointment to my friends. I have no gift of talk, not much to say; and though I have always been an excellent listener,...

II have always been a disappointment to my friends. I have no gift of talk, not much to say; and though I have always been an excellent listener,...

II have always been a disappointment to my friends. I have no gift of talk, not much to say; and though I have always been an excellent listener,...