Despair is often the result of too much thinking.
Rose Macaulay – The Towers of Trebizond
Overthinking Despair
O
Impossible’s Allure
I
Only the impossible has any real charm.
Rose Macaulay – The Towers of Trebizond
Welcoming Soul
W
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
Rose Macaulay – The Towers of Trebizond
Self-Doubt
S
Why do I spend my life in trying to do things which I know perfectly well I am totally unfitted by nature to do?
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady
Mother’s Place
M
A mother’s place is in the wrong.
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady
Minding Business
M
Am absorbed in the thought of how much pleasanter life would be for everybody if only we could all mind our own business.
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady
Capability Doubt
C
Can it be that I am really less capable than I used to think?
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady
Tranquility Reserve
T
The great thing is to have a reserve of tranquility somewhere which nothing can disturb.
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady
Truth in Family
T
One of the most tiresome things about family life, is that one has to keep up such a high standard of truth.
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady
Graceful Inaction
G
There are moments when I feel that the surest sign of an intelligent woman is her ability to do nothing gracefully.
EM Delafield – The Provincial Lady