all daughters, even when most aggravated by their mothers, have a secret respect for them. They believe perhaps that they can do everything better than their mothers can, and many things they can do better, but they have not yet lived long enough to be sure how successfully they will meet the major emergencies of life, which lie, sometimes quite creditably, behind their mothers.
Phyllis BottomeKnowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.
Phyllis BottomeA red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.
Phyllis BottomeWhen we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out.
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