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Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes

These are times of action. Men think and then act; sometimes, indeed, they simply act Picture Quote #1

A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it’s all over Picture Quote #1

It’s the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age Picture Quote #1

I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary Picture Quote #1

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late Picture Quote #1

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation Picture Quote #1

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Useless as a pulled tooth Picture Quote #1

Because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms Picture Quote #1

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective! Picture Quote #1

The author lives with one foot in an everyday world and the other feeling about anxiously for a foothold in another more precarious one Picture Quote #1

It is axiomatic with most writing people that there are no such things as perfect conditions for work Picture Quote #1

Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write Picture Quote #1

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Great loves were almost always great tragedies. Perhaps it was because love was never truly great until the element of sacrifice entered into it Picture Quote #1

There is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt Picture Quote #1

Men... look back on the children who were once themselves, and attempt to reconstruct them. But they can no longer think like the child Picture Quote #1

You want the unvarnished and ungarnished truth, and I’m no hand for that. I’m a lawyer Picture Quote #1

Men deceive themselves; they look back on the children who were once themselves, and attempt to reconstruct them. But they can no longer think like the child Picture Quote #1

Life is a little work, a little sleep, a little love and it is all over Picture Quote #1

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To men and women who want to do things, there is nothing quite so driving as the force of an imprisoned ego... All genius comes from this class Picture Quote #1

I suppose it is because woman’s courage is mental and man’s physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing Picture Quote #1

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don’t know, needn’t be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut Picture Quote #1

There is nothing for the modern man or woman to fear about most cases of cancer. Nothing except delay Picture Quote #1

The stage on which we play our little dramas of life and love has for most of us but one setting Picture Quote #1

Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket Picture Quote #1

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I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die Picture Quote #1

The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer’s life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab Picture Quote #1

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward Picture Quote #1

Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result.... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no Picture Quote #1

The only way to make a husband over according to one’s ideas... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four Picture Quote #1

Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies Picture Quote #1

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These are times of action. Men think and then act; sometimes, indeed, they simply act (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it’s all over (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) It’s the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Useless as a pulled tooth (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective! (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) The author lives with one foot in an everyday world and the other feeling about anxiously for a foothold in another more precarious one (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) It is axiomatic with most writing people that there are no such things as perfect conditions for work (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Great loves were almost always great tragedies. Perhaps it was because love was never truly great until the element of sacrifice entered into it (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) There is something shameful about the death of a play. It does not die with pity, but contempt (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Men... look back on the children who were once themselves, and attempt to reconstruct them. But they can no longer think like the child (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) You want the unvarnished and ungarnished truth, and I’m no hand for that. I’m a lawyer (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Men deceive themselves; they look back on the children who were once themselves, and attempt to reconstruct them. But they can no longer think like the child (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Life is a little work, a little sleep, a little love and it is all over (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) To men and women who want to do things, there is nothing quite so driving as the force of an imprisoned ego... All genius comes from this class (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) I suppose it is because woman’s courage is mental and man’s physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don’t know, needn’t be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) There is nothing for the modern man or woman to fear about most cases of cancer. Nothing except delay (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) The stage on which we play our little dramas of life and love has for most of us but one setting (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer’s life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result.... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) The only way to make a husband over according to one’s ideas... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes) Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies (Mary Roberts Rinehart Quotes)

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