Sara Jeannette Duncan Quotes

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If you have anything to tell me of importance, for God's sake begin at the end.

Sara Jeannette Duncan

I know Americans talk a great deal about the price of things — more, I consider, than is entertaining, sometimes!

Sara Jeannette Duncan

A human being isn't an orchid; he must draw something from the soil he grows in.

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Clothes and courage have so much to do with each other.

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Englishmen have a genius for looking uncomfortable. Their feelings are terribly mixed up with their personal appearance.

Sara Jeannette Duncan

When God gave men tongues, he never dreamed that they would want to talk about the Himalayas; there are consequently no words in the world to do it with.

Sara Jeannette Duncan

We often say that we fear no invasion from the south, but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise, American capital is taking rapid possession of our mines and our water power, our oil areas and our timber limits.

Sara Jeannette Duncan

It is also possible, I believe, if one lives in India long enough, to come across a globe-trotter who is modest and teachable, but we have been out here only twenty-two years, and I am going home without having seen one.

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Born: December 22, 1861

Died: July 22, 1922 (aged 60)

Bio: Sara Jeannette Duncan was a Canadian author and journalist. She also published as Mrs. Everard Cotes among other names.

Known for:

The Imperialist (1904)
The pool in the desert (1903)
An American girl in London (1891)
A daughter of today (1894)
Cousin Cinderella (1908)

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