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Rumer Godden quotes: With everything that happens to you, with everyone you meet who is important to you, you either die a little or are born.

With everything that happens to you, with everyone you meet who is important to you, you either die a little or are born.

Rumer Godden quotes: Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.

Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.

Rumer Godden quotes: Drink very good tea out of a thin Wocester cup of colour between apricot and pink ...

Drink very good tea out of a thin Wocester cup of colour between apricot and pink ...

Rumer Godden quotes: The stitch of a book is its words.

The stitch of a book is its words.

Rumer Godden quotes: The human heartIs unknowable.But in my birthplaceThe flowers still smellThe same as always.

The human heart
Is unknowable.
But in my birthplace
The flowers still smell
The same as always.

Rumer Godden quotes: Is it easier to be than to do?

Is it easier to be than to do?

Rumer Godden quotes: You must remember garden catalogues are as big liars as house-agents.

You must remember garden catalogues are as big liars as house-agents.

Rumer Godden quotes: Sometimes,' she said, remembering that morning, 'I write poems that are taller than I am

Sometimes,' she said, remembering that morning, 'I write poems that are taller than I am

Rumer Godden quotes: For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.

For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.

Rumer Godden quotes: To wake for the first time in a new place can be like another birth.

To wake for the first time in a new place can be like another birth.

Rumer Godden quotes: So many grown-up people seem to be nothing very much.

So many grown-up people seem to be nothing very much.

Rumer Godden quotes: It is an anxious, sometimes a dangerous thing to be a doll. Dolls cannot choose; they can only be chosen; they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by.

It is an anxious, sometimes a dangerous thing to be a doll. Dolls cannot choose; they can only be chosen; they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by.

Rumer Godden quotes: I loved Mr. Darcy far more than any of my own husbands.

I loved Mr. Darcy far more than any of my own husbands.

Rumer Godden quotes: Sometimes it seemed to him that the house had a bad wild life of its own; the impression of its evil lingered, in its name, in its atmosphere ...

Sometimes it seemed to him that the house had a bad wild life of its own; the impression of its evil lingered, in its name, in its atmosphere ...

Rumer Godden quotes: We would rather not play with you," said Anne. "Because you're a little rotter," said Tom.

We would rather not play with you," said Anne.
"Because you're a little rotter," said Tom.

Rumer Godden quotes: Eliot always said, "I'm sorry. I had to do that." If you are all right really, really all right, you don't do things that are sorry.

Eliot always said, "I'm sorry. I had to do that." If you are all right really, really all right, you don't do things that are sorry.

Rumer Godden quotes: A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy.Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna

A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy.
Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna

Rumer Godden quotes: I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I believe in the devil. I have met him.

I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I believe in the devil. I have met him.

Rumer Godden quotes: You are born, you are a he or a she, and you live until you die ... Willy-nilly.

You are born, you are a he or a she, and you live until you die ... Willy-nilly.

Rumer Godden quotes: Once you have felt the Indian dust, you will never be free of it.

Once you have felt the Indian dust, you will never be free of it.

Rumer Godden quotes: remember that people need only be told as much of the truth as they are entitled to know,

remember that people need only be told as much of the truth as they are entitled to know,

Rumer Godden quotes: The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

Rumer Godden quotes: If you love the wrong people it's still love, isn't it, no matter what kind of love ...

If you love the wrong people it's still love, isn't it, no matter what kind of love ...

Rumer Godden quotes: When you learn to read you will be born again ... and you will never be quite so alone again.

When you learn to read you will be born again ... and you will never be quite so alone again.

Rumer Godden quotes: Wanting is the beginning of getting.

Wanting is the beginning of getting.

Rumer Godden quotes: You have to be very strong to live close to God or a mountain, or you'll turn a little mad.

You have to be very strong to live close to God or a mountain, or you'll turn a little mad.

Rumer Godden quotes: Cleverness is a disease.

Cleverness is a disease.

Rumer Godden quotes: When one came to know them it was surprising how childish grown people could be.

When one came to know them it was surprising how childish grown people could be.

Rumer Godden quotes: You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.

You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.

Rumer Godden quotes: People don't know the consolations of being unsuccessful ... If I had been successful I should have had no peace or time.

People don't know the consolations of being unsuccessful ... If I had been successful I should have had no peace or time.

Rumer Godden quotes: I know now it is children who accept life; grown people cover it up and pretend it is different with drinks.

I know now it is children who accept life; grown people cover it up and pretend it is different with drinks.

Rumer Godden quotes: When I was a child I remember days that stretched into infinity with the certainty of other infinite days; certain, unhurried and brimmingly full.

When I was a child I remember days that stretched into infinity with the certainty of other infinite days; certain, unhurried and brimmingly full.

Rumer Godden quotes: For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.

Rumer Godden quotes: Funny,' said Harriet to herself. 'The world goes on turning, and it has all these troubles in it.

Funny,' said Harriet to herself. 'The world goes on turning, and it has all these troubles in it.

Rumer Godden quotes: Every time a child, any child, is born, it is new - and different; that is the wonder.

Every time a child, any child, is born, it is new - and different; that is the wonder.

Rumer Godden quotes: To me and my kind life itself is a story and we have to tell it in stories - that is the way it falls.

To me and my kind life itself is a story and we have to tell it in stories - that is the way it falls.

Rumer Godden quotes: He had always disliked what he could easily have; he had a passion for the untouched.

He had always disliked what he could easily have; he had a passion for the untouched.

Rumer Godden quotes: Memory is the only friend of grief.

Memory is the only friend of grief.

Rumer Godden quotes: It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.

It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.

Rumer Godden quotes: In California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.

In California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.