Margaret Deland Quotes

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• Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.

  Margaret Deland

  Inspirational, Light, Vibrations

  Margaret Deland (2015). “John Ward, Preacher”, p.419, The Floating Press

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• As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.

  Margaret Deland

  Inspiration, Feels

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Awakening of Helena Richie”, p.154, The Floating Press

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• Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.

  Margaret Deland

  Army, Looks, Arrogant

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• Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.

  Margaret Deland

  Christmas, Years, Soul

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• Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

  Margaret Deland

  Spiritual, Sacrifice, Self

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• One must desire something to be alive.

  Margaret Deland

  Dream, Desire, Alive

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• Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.

  Margaret Deland

  Regret, Selfish, May

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• A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

  Margaret Deland

  Inspirational, Ability, Expected

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• A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.

  Margaret Deland

  Mind, Letters, Reader

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Iron Woman”, p.239, The Floating Press

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• One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

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  Names, Desire, Alive

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• If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.

  Margaret Deland

  Fear, Liars, Names

  Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.77, Wildside Press LLC

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• We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.

  Margaret Deland

  Lonely, Temptation, Devil

  Margaret Deland (1969). “Dr. Lavendar's People”

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• There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.

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  Mother, Children, Hate

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Iron Woman”, p.370, The Floating Press

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• If you are kind to an enemy, you cannot hate him.

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  Hate, Enemy, Kind

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• as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

  Margaret Deland

  Manners, Incompatibility, Truthfulness

  Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.182, Wildside Press LLC

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• I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.

  Margaret Deland

  Soul, Would Be, Body

  Margaret Deland (1969). “Dr. Lavendar's People”

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• War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.

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  Hate, War, People

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• When did Youth ever thank Age for its wisdom?

  Margaret Deland

  Age, Youth

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• it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.

  Margaret Deland

  Crazy, Unhappy, Sanity

  Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.266, Wildside Press LLC

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• You can't have genius without patience.

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  Genius, Difficult, Difficult Days

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Awakening of Helena Richie”, p.11, The Floating Press

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• Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

  Margaret Deland

  Spiritual, Believe, Mind

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• as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.

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  Evil, Goodness, Badness

  Margaret Deland (1969). “Dr. Lavendar's People”

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• ... when personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the privilege of resigning it.

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  Privilege, Conflict, Claims

  Margaret Deland (2015). “The Awakening of Helena Richie”, p.259, The Floating Press

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• Hearts don't come when Reason whistles to 'em.

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  Heart, Ems, Reason

  Margaret Deland (2017). “An Old Chester Secret”, p.65, Litres

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• What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.

  Margaret Deland

  Mother, Thinking, Hypocrisy

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