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Flora Thompson quotes: Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above a quiet mind.

Any artwork needs time and patience and needs above a quiet mind.

Flora Thompson quotes: You can lock up from a thief, but you can't from a liar.

You can lock up from a thief, but you can't from a liar.

Flora Thompson quotes: We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

Flora Thompson quotes: Happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.

Happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.

Flora Thompson quotes: A liar did ought to have a good memory.

A liar did ought to have a good memory.

Flora Thompson quotes: Words as to the inner emotions do not come readily to me, for I have led an isolated life mentally and spiritually.

Words as to the inner emotions do not come readily to me, for I have led an isolated life mentally and spiritually.

Flora Thompson quotes: When I am dead and in my headAnd all my bones are are rotten,Take this book and think of meAnd mind I'm not forgotten.

When I am dead and in my head
And all my bones are are rotten,
Take this book and think of me
And mind I'm not forgotten.

Flora Thompson quotes: Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.

Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.

Flora Thompson quotes: Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right.

Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right.

Flora Thompson quotes: No, I be-ant expectin' nothin', but I be so yarnin

No, I be-ant expectin' nothin', but I be so yarnin

Flora Thompson quotes: Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

Flora Thompson quotes: Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest room in the house.

Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest room in the house.

Flora Thompson quotes: The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more.

The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more.

Flora Thompson quotes: What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?

Flora Thompson quotes: Brains were no good to a working man; they only made him discontented and saucy and lose his jobs. She'd seen it happen again and again.

Brains were no good to a working man; they only made him discontented and saucy and lose his jobs. She'd seen it happen again and again.

Flora Thompson quotes: Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

Flora Thompson quotes: One boy's a boy; two boys be half a boy, and three boys be no boy at all', ran the old country saying.

One boy's a boy; two boys be half a boy, and three boys be no boy at all', ran the old country saying.

Flora Thompson quotes: It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly.

It was ordained that our earthly pilgrammage should be a struggle, and life would be a tame affair if everything went smoothly.

Flora Thompson quotes: The luxuries of the few were becoming necessities of the many ...

The luxuries of the few were becoming necessities of the many ...