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> [“I was so young, I tell myself now. I was twenty-one, only recently farewelled by childhood, although at the time childhood seemed like ancient history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-maccoll/i-was-so-young-i-tell-myself-now-i-was-twenty-one-only-recently/)

[Mary-Rose MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-maccoll/)

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## More by Mary-Rose MacColl

> [“I was so young, I tell myself now. I was twenty-one, only recently farewelled by childhood, although at the time childhood seemed like ancient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-maccoll/i-was-so-young-i-tell-myself-now-i-was-twenty-one-only-recently/)

[Mary-Rose MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-maccoll/)

> [“Snow makes the world quieter and louder at the same time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-maccoll/snow-makes-the-world-quieter-and-louder-at-the-same-time/)

[Mary-Rose MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-maccoll/)

> [“Life reaches a point where you no longer wish to dig about in the earth of the past to find what might have made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-maccoll/life-reaches-a-point-where-you-no-longer-wish-to-dig-about-in-the/)

[Mary-Rose MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-maccoll/)

> [“Confidence is like anything else. The more you do it, the more you believe it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-maccoll/confidence-is-like-anything-else-the-more-you-do-it-the-more-you/)

[Mary-Rose MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-maccoll/)

> [“In the end, you have to do what's right. There's a higher good, always, to be found. You have to find it, that's all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-rose-maccoll/in-the-end-you-have-to-do-what-s-right-there-s-a-higher-good-always/)

[Mary-Rose MacColl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-rose-maccoll/)

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