Because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
It takes a good many years and some pretty hard knocks to make people tolerant.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
If one can remember without loving, then couldn't one love without remembering?
Mary Roberts Rinehart
We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
When knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The new modern music puzzled her. It made her think but it did not make her feel.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
You're a perfect child, a stubborn child! Your mind's in pigtails, like your hair.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Girls inevitably grew into women, but something of the boy persisted in every man.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Every act of one's life is the unavoidable result of every act that has preceded it.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
That is the tragedy of growing old, Chris. You don't leave the world. It leaves you.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
