Sheila Kaye-Smith Quotes

• I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  Age, Done, Littles

  Sheila Kaye-Smith (1930). “Shepherds in Sackcloth”

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• The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  God, Majority, Enough

  Sheila Kaye-Smith (1937). “Three Ways Home”

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• The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  Adventure, Answers, May

  Sheila Kaye-Smith (1923). “The Challenge to Sirius”

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• Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  Spring, Sacrifice, Promise

  Sheila Kaye-Smith (1923). “The Challenge to Sirius”

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• A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  Revision, Too Much, Planning

  Sheila Kaye-Smith (1937). “Three Ways Home”

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• Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  Childhood, Talkies, Has Beens

  Sheila Kaye-Smith (1937). “Three Ways Home”

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• Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  Life, Pain, Joy

  Sheila Kaye-Smith (1923). “The Challenge to Sirius”

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• It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.

  Sheila Kaye-Smith

  Kissing, Government, Agriculture

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