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Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: What would life be like without her writing? Writing filled her life with beauty and mystery, gave it life ... and promise.

What would life be like without her writing? Writing filled her life with beauty and mystery, gave it life ... and promise.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect.

Good things come, but they're never perfect; are they? You have to twist them into something perfect.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: We have to build our lives out of what materials we have. It's as though we were given a heap of blocks and told to build a house.

We have to build our lives out of what materials we have. It's as though we were given a heap of blocks and told to build a house.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.

Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: After Commencement Day, the world!" Joe said. "With Betsy.

After Commencement Day, the world!" Joe said. "With Betsy.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: We're growing up and I don't like it, said Tacy, as they say at Heinz's later, drinking coffee.

We're growing up and I don't like it, said Tacy, as they say at Heinz's later, drinking coffee.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.

You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God.

In silence the three of them looked at the sunset and thought about God.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: It looks like something out of Whittier's "Snowbound,"' Julia said. Julia could always think of things like that to say.

It looks like something out of Whittier's "Snowbound,"' Julia said. Julia could always think of things like that to say.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you have a few faults.

You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you have a few faults.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Carney was hatless and gloveless, wearing her pink linen. Sam looked at her more than once."its just because he likes pink," she told herself.

Carney was hatless and gloveless, wearing her pink linen. Sam looked at her more than once.
"its just because he likes pink," she told herself.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: The poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say - Mr. Ray, Heaven to Betsy

The poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say - Mr. Ray, Heaven to Betsy

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: I'm finished with something, but I'm not beginning anything. That's wrong. When you finish something, you ought always to begin something new.

I'm finished with something, but I'm not beginning anything. That's wrong. When you finish something, you ought always to begin something new.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Betsy did not answer. She was a talker, her family always said, but sometimes when she most wanted to talk she couldn't say a word.

Betsy did not answer. She was a talker, her family always said, but sometimes when she most wanted to talk she couldn't say a word.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Come in early, so there'll be time to pop corn,' Mrs. Ray said. If she mentioned popping corn, they always came in early. So she usually mentioned it.

Come in early, so there'll be time to pop corn,' Mrs. Ray said. If she mentioned popping corn, they always came in early. So she usually mentioned it.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: We'll just have to find more flowers in the spring. That's when they bloom, tra la.

We'll just have to find more flowers in the spring. That's when they bloom, tra la.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: But perhaps people who liked to write aways made lists! Just for the fun of it.

But perhaps people who liked to write aways made lists! Just for the fun of it.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: And then we'll go to Tiffany's and get you a ring. And then" he turned swiftly to look into her fade" when can we get married?

And then we'll go to Tiffany's and get you a ring. And then
" he turned swiftly to look into her fade
" when can we get married?

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: The five-year-olds were the most important members of the large doll families. Everything pleasant happened to them. They had all the adventures.

The five-year-olds were the most important members of the large doll families. Everything pleasant happened to them. They had all the adventures.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other people's luck.

Julia was as happy as Betsy was, almost. One nice thing about Julia was that she rejoiced in other people's luck.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Muster your wits: stand in your own defense.

Muster your wits: stand in your own defense.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright.

The wastes of snow on the hill were ghostly in the moonlight. The stars were piercingly bright.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: One strain could call up the quivering expectancy of Christmas Eve, childhood, joy and sadness, the lonely wonder of a star

One strain could call up the quivering expectancy of Christmas Eve, childhood, joy and sadness, the lonely wonder of a star

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: They soon stopped being ten years old. But whatever age they were seemed to be exactly the right age for having fun.

They soon stopped being ten years old. But whatever age they were seemed to be exactly the right age for having fun.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the bigger that capital 'W.

I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the bigger that capital 'W.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance.

The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe.

Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Say, you told me you thought Les Miserables was the greatest novel ever written. I think Vanity Fair is the greatest. Let's fight. - Joe Willard

Say, you told me you thought Les Miserables was the greatest novel ever written. I think Vanity Fair is the greatest. Let's fight. - Joe Willard

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: New things are easier to do than old familiar things when there's going to be a change, Betsy decided profoundly.

New things are easier to do than old familiar things when there's going to be a change, Betsy decided profoundly.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.

It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to be?

Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to be?

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.

A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.

Maud Hart Lovelace quotes: You have two numbers in your age when you are ten. It's the beginning of growing up.

You have two numbers in your age when you are ten. It's the beginning of growing up.