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title: "2 Asylum Quotes By Jean Webster"
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> [“Then she dropped down on the window seat and leaned throbbing temples against the cool glass. She had been on her feet since five that morning, doing everybody's bidding, scolded and hurried by a nervous matron. Mrs. Lippett, behind the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/then-she-dropped-down-on-the-window-seat-and-leaned-throbbing-temples/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

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> [“Jerusha leaned forward watching with curiosity - and a touch of wistfulness - the stream of carriages and automobiles that rolled out of the asylum gates. In imagination she followed first one equipage, then another, to the big houses dotted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/jerusha-leaned-forward-watching-with-curiosity-and-a-touch-of/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

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## More by Jean Webster

> [“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/it-isn-t-the-big-troubles-in-life-that-require-character-anybody-can/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“Please be thinking about me. I'm quite lonely and I want to be thought about”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/please-be-thinking-about-me-i-m-quite-lonely-and-i-want-to-be-thought/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [Half of the time I don't know what they're talking about; their jokes seem to relate to a past that everyone but me has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/half-of-the-time-i-don-t-know-what-they-re-talking-about-their-jokes/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [... in spite of being happier than I ever dreamed I could be, I'm also soberer. The fear that something may happen to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/in-spite-of-being-happier-than-i-ever-dreamed-i-could-be-i-m-also/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“Do you want to know something? I have three pairs of kid gloves. I've had kid mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/do-you-want-to-know-something-i-have-three-pairs-of-kid-gloves-i-ve/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“I don't believe it pays to be a great author.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/i-don-t-believe-it-pays-to-be-a-great-author/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“Examinations are even entertaining, if you know the right answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/examinations-are-even-entertaining-if-you-know-the-right-answers/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“Her eyes wandered back to the campus again, and she suddenly grew sober as the thought swept over her that in a few weeks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/her-eyes-wandered-back-to-the-campus-again-and-she-suddenly-grew/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/i-think-that-the-most-necessary-quality-for-any-person-to-have-is/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [I went to bed last night utterly dejected; I thought I was never going to amount to anything, and that you had thrown away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/i-went-to-bed-last-night-utterly-dejected-i-thought-i-was-never-going/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“One does not miss what one has never had.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/one-does-not-miss-what-one-has-never-had/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“You remember that illuminated text over the dining-room door--"The Lord Will Provide." We've painted it out, and covered the spot with rabbits. It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/you-remember-that-illuminated-text-over-the-dining-room-door-the-lord/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [“The bitterness of wearing your enemies' cast-off clothes eats into your soul. If I wore silk stockings for the rest of my life, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/the-bitterness-of-wearing-your-enemies-cast-off-clothes-eats-into/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/the-world-is-full-of-happiness-and-plenty-to-go-round-if-you-are-only/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

> [This is your heart.Keep it locked until the chap turns up who has the key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/this-is-your-heart-keep-it-locked-until-the-chap-turns-up-who-has-the/)

[Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/)

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