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title: "1 Beach house Quotes By Mary Alice Monroe"
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> [“Oh, if only I were young again, I would travel! There's so much of the world I would like to have seen. But I'm too old for that now and too ill to manage the trip. I don't care much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/oh-if-only-i-were-young-again-i-would-travel-there-s-so-much-of-the-2/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

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## More by Mary Alice Monroe

> [“Oh, if only I were young again, I would travel! There's so much of the world I would like to have seen. But I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/oh-if-only-i-were-young-again-i-would-travel-there-s-so-much-of-the/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“All stories come to an end. That moment when we sigh and close the book, perhaps sit back in our chair and rest our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/all-stories-come-to-an-end-that-moment-when-we-sigh-and-close-the/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“A woman’s life has so many demands because she is the axis around which so many little planets spin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/a-woman-s-life-has-so-many-demands-because-she-is-the-axis-around/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Dawn tore at the seam of night, pulling the blackness back a little farther with each passing minute.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/dawn-tore-at-the-seam-of-night-pulling-the-blackness-back-a-little/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Rather than feel small, however, in this arena she felt part of something much bigger than herself. This gave her both a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/rather-than-feel-small-however-in-this-arena-she-felt-part-of/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Age is real life is short. It's foolhardy to deny it. We grow up, our bodies grow frail, death is coming. There's so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/age-is-real-life-is-short-it-s-foolhardy-to-deny-it-we-grow-up-our/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Luz felt as though all the millions of butterflies that were flying on this same journey south were fluttering in her stomach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/luz-felt-as-though-all-the-millions-of-butterflies-that-were-flying/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“not so heartbreaking. So it was with me after Tom’s death. In retrospect, I look at myself and my friends and I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/not-so-heartbreaking-so-it-was-with-me-after-tom-s-death-in/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/to-me-the-glass-is-half-empty-some-days-and-half-full-on-others/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/privacy-is-something-that-we-maintain-for-the-good-of-ourselves-and/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“And quickly. If you let it, grief could swallow you whole.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/and-quickly-if-you-let-it-grief-could-swallow-you-whole/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“The secret to happiness is to embrace the humility to accept what comes and the courage to continue on your life's path with an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/the-secret-to-happiness-is-to-embrace-the-humility-to-accept-what/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Sometimes she's so stuck up she'd drown in a rainstorm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/sometimes-she-s-so-stuck-up-she-d-drown-in-a-rainstorm/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“she’d neglected to make choices for her inner self as well. She’d given away too much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/she-d-neglected-to-make-choices-for-her-inner-self-as-well-she-d/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“See how people smile when they see a butterfly? They can't help themselves. Butterflies are joy with wings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/see-how-people-smile-when-they-see-a-butterfly-they-can-t-help/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

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