Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes rather disastrously, to help him towards it.
Phyllis BottomeWhen we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out.
Phyllis BottomeNeither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.
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