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Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in all its forms.

The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in all its forms.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: She made him think of his mother, of his nurse, of all things kind and comforting, besides having the attraction of not being his mother or his nurse.

She made him think of his mother, of his nurse, of all things kind and comforting, besides having the attraction of not being his mother or his nurse.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: If you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him.

If you have once thoroughly bored somebody it is next to impossible to unbore him.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Once more she had that really rather disgusting suspicion that her life till now had not only been loud but empty.

Once more she had that really rather disgusting suspicion that her life till now had not only been loud but empty.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Fortunately, though she was hungry, she didn't mind missing a meal. Life was full of meals. They took up an enormous proportion of one's time.

Fortunately, though she was hungry, she didn't mind missing a meal. Life was full of meals. They took up an enormous proportion of one's time.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Nobody could have put her in the shade, blown out her light that evening; she was too evidently shining.

Nobody could have put her in the shade, blown out her light that evening; she was too evidently shining.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: And there they were, arrived; and it was San Salvatore; and their suit-cases were waiting for them; and they had not been murdered.

And there they were, arrived; and it was San Salvatore; and their suit-cases were waiting for them; and they had not been murdered.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Many are the friendships that have found an unforseeen and sudden end on a journey, and few are those that survive it.

Many are the friendships that have found an unforseeen and sudden end on a journey, and few are those that survive it.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: And then when I got home I burrowed about among my books, arranging their volumes and loving the feel of them.

And then when I got home I burrowed about among my books, arranging their volumes and loving the feel of them.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: For years she had been able to be happy only by forgetting happiness.

For years she had been able to be happy only by forgetting happiness.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow.

I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: It is true she liked him most when he wasn't there, but then she usually liked everybody most when they weren't there.

It is true she liked him most when he wasn't there, but then she usually liked everybody most when they weren't there.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: At night the bottom of the valley looks like water, and the lamps in the little town lying along it like quivering reflections of the stars.

At night the bottom of the valley looks like water, and the lamps in the little town lying along it like quivering reflections of the stars.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.

Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief.

There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Things were a little untidy, but what did that matter? It was possible to become the slave of things; possible to miss life in preparation for living.

Things were a little untidy, but what did that matter? It was possible to become the slave of things; possible to miss life in preparation for living.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Nor would I willingly miss the early darkness and the pleasant firelight tea and the long evenings among my books.

Nor would I willingly miss the early darkness and the pleasant firelight tea and the long evenings among my books.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: He thought her delightful, - freckles, picnic-untidiness and all.

He thought her delightful, - freckles, picnic-untidiness and all.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: And when I'm with you," she said, "I feel as if I were stuffed with - oh, with stars.

And when I'm with you," she said, "I feel as if I were stuffed with - oh, with stars.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: And the summer seems as though it would dream on for ever.

And the summer seems as though it would dream on for ever.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: ..all forms of needlework of the fancy order are inventions of the evil one for keeping the foolish from applying their hearts to wisdom.

..all forms of needlework of the fancy order are inventions of the evil one for keeping the foolish from applying their hearts to wisdom.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand.

Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never be allowed to get the upper hand.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: They left off talking. They ceased to mention heaven. They were just cups of acceptance.

They left off talking. They ceased to mention heaven. They were just cups of acceptance.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: What a blessing it is to love books.

What a blessing it is to love books.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Well, I for one am unable to imagine how anybody who lives with an intelligent and devoted dog can every be lonely.

Well, I for one am unable to imagine how anybody who lives with an intelligent and devoted dog can every be lonely.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: It is beautiful, beautiful to give; one of the very most beautiful things in life.

It is beautiful, beautiful to give; one of the very most beautiful things in life.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.

Why, it would really be being unselfish to go away and be happy for a little, because we would come back so much nicer.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: This radiant weather, when mere living is a joy, and sitting still over the fire out of the question, has been going on for more than a week.

This radiant weather, when mere living is a joy, and sitting still over the fire out of the question, has been going on for more than a week.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: In bed by herself: adorable condition.

In bed by herself: adorable condition.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: How they had dreamed together, he and she ... how they had planned, and laughed, and loved. They had lived for a while in the very heart of poetry.

How they had dreamed together, he and she ... how they had planned, and laughed, and loved. They had lived for a while in the very heart of poetry.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.

Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: What fun it all was, she thought, and how entirely new and delicious being taken care of as though she were a thing that mattered, a precious thing!

What fun it all was, she thought, and how entirely new and delicious being taken care of as though she were a thing that mattered, a precious thing!

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Beauty made you love, and love made you beautiful.

Beauty made you love, and love made you beautiful.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Home is the best place when life begins to wobble.

Home is the best place when life begins to wobble.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Upon my word," thought Mrs. Fisher, "the way one pretty face can turn a delightful man into an idiot is past all patience.

Upon my word," thought Mrs. Fisher, "the way one pretty face can turn a delightful man into an idiot is past all patience.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: ... -- the periwinkles looked exactly as if they were being poured down each side of the steps -- ...

... -- the periwinkles looked exactly as if they were being poured down each side of the steps -- ...

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: if one were efficient one wouldn't be depressed, and that if one does one's job well one becomes automatically bright and brisk.

if one were efficient one wouldn't be depressed, and that if one does one's job well one becomes automatically bright and brisk.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: How glad I am I need not hurry. What a waste of life, just getting and spending.

How glad I am I need not hurry. What a waste of life, just getting and spending.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning?

Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning?

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: I'm so glad I didn't die on the various occasions I have earnestly wished I might, for I would have missed a lot of lovely weather.

I'm so glad I didn't die on the various occasions I have earnestly wished I might, for I would have missed a lot of lovely weather.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: There is nothing so absolutely bracing for the soul as the frequent turning of one's back on duties.

There is nothing so absolutely bracing for the soul as the frequent turning of one's back on duties.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: He had the effect on her of a window being thrown open and fresh air and sunlight being let in

He had the effect on her of a window being thrown open and fresh air and sunlight being let in

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: I was for ever making plans, and if nothing came of them, what did it matter? The mere making had been a joy.

I was for ever making plans, and if nothing came of them, what did it matter? The mere making had been a joy.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Always being there was the essential secret for a wife.

Always being there was the essential secret for a wife.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: It was a place to bless God in and cease from vain words.

It was a place to bless God in and cease from vain words.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Submission to what people call their 'lot' is simply ignoble. If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another.

Submission to what people call their 'lot' is simply ignoble. If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.

But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: But it's fun being alive, isn't it? I feel as if I'd only got to stretch up my hands to all those stars and catch as many of them as

But it's fun being alive, isn't it? I feel as if I'd only got to stretch up my hands to all those stars and catch as many of them as I want to.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.

Now she had taken off her goodness and left it behind her like a heap of rain-sodden clothes, and she only felt joy.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: I's lonely to stay inside oneself.

I's lonely to stay inside oneself.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: The very feel of her hand, even through its glove, was reassuring; it was the sort of hand, he thought, that children would like to hold in the dark.

The very feel of her hand, even through its glove, was reassuring; it was the sort of hand, he thought, that children would like to hold in the dark.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: I wish,' said Rose anxiously, 'I understood you.' 'Don't try,' said Lotty, smiling. 'But I must, because I love you.

I wish,' said Rose anxiously, 'I understood you.'
'Don't try,' said Lotty, smiling.
'But I must, because I love you.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: Worse than jokes in the morning did she hate the idea of a husband.

Worse than jokes in the morning did she hate the idea of a husband.

Elizabeth Von Arnim quotes: The passion of being forever with one's fellows, and the fear of being left for a few hours alone, is to me wholly incomprehensible.

The passion of being forever with one's fellows, and the fear of being left for a few hours alone, is to me wholly incomprehensible.