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> [“New things are easier to do than old familiar things when there's going to be a change," Betsy decided profoundly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/new-things-are-easier-to-do-than-old-familiar-things-when-there-s/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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## More by Maud Hart Lovelace

> [Then he kissed her. Betsy didn't believe in letting boys kiss you. She thought it was silly to be letting first this boy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/then-he-kissed-her-betsy-didn-t-believe-in-letting-boys-kiss-you-she/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“Betsy was so full of joy that she had to be alone. She went upstairs to her bedroom and sat down on Uncle Keith's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/betsy-was-so-full-of-joy-that-she-had-to-be-alone-she-went-upstairs/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/the-silence-in-the-room-had-width-height-depth-mass-and-substance/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/was-life-always-like-that-she-wondered-a-game-of-hide-and-seek-in/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/isn-t-it-mysterious-to-begin-a-new-journal-like-this-i-can-run-my/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-unseasoned/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“...the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say - Mr. Ray, Heaven to Betsy”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/the-poorest-guide-you-can-have-in-life-is-what-people-will-say-mr-ray/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“This was Betsy and Tacy's private corner. Betsy's mother was a great believer in people having private corners, and the piano box was plainly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/this-was-betsy-and-tacy-s-private-corner-betsy-s-mother-was-a-great/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“We have to build our lives out of what materials we have. It's as though we were given a heap of blocks and told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/we-have-to-build-our-lives-out-of-what-materials-we-have-it-s-as/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/betsy-the-great-war-is-on-but-i-hope-ours-is-over-please-come-home-joe/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/you-don-t-grow-up-she-reasoned-now-until-you-begin-to-evaluate/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/i-cannot-remember-back-to-a-year-in-which-i-did-not-consider-myself/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“Thoughts are such fleet magic things. Betsy's thoughts swept a wide arc while Uncle Keith read her poem aloud. She thought of Julia learning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/thoughts-are-such-fleet-magic-things-betsy-s-thoughts-swept-a-wide/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/you-might-as-well-learn-right-now-you-two-that-the-poorest-guide-you/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

> [“After Commencement Day, the world!" Joe said. "With Betsy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/after-commencement-day-the-world-joe-said-with-betsy/)

[Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/)

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