--- title: "1 Darkening Sky Quotes By Margaret Laurence" description: "1 Darkening Sky quotes by Margaret Laurence. Plus more from Margaret Laurence and more Darkening Sky sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/margaret-laurence-15867_abstract-painting_nothing-is-clear-now-something-must-be-t_923089.jpg" --- > [“Nothing is clear now. Something must be the matter with my way of viewing things. I have no middle view. Either I fix on a detail and see it as thought it were magnified -- a leaf with all its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/nothing-is-clear-now-something-must-be-the-matter-with-my-way-of/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/margaret-laurence-15867_abstract-painting_nothing-is-clear-now-something-must-be-t_923089.jpg) ## More by Margaret Laurence > [“So, if this were indeed my Final Hour, these would be my words to you. I would not claim to pass on any secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/so-if-this-were-indeed-my-final-hour-these-would-be-my-words-to-you-i/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [“Who wants tea and sympathy? Let's have coffee and sex, Stacey, eh?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/who-wants-tea-and-sympathy-let-s-have-coffee-and-sex-stacey-eh/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [“To move to a new place -- that's the greatest excitement. For a while you believe you carry nothing with you -- all is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/to-move-to-a-new-place-that-s-the-greatest-excitement-for-a-while-you/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/when-i-say-work-i-only-mean-writing-everything-else-is-just-odd-jobs/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/in-some-families-please-is-described-as-the-magic-word-in-our-house/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [Follow your heart, and you perish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/follow-your-heart-and-you-perish/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [“Too bad to deprive them, but if a person doesn't look after herself in this world, no one else is likely to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/too-bad-to-deprive-them-but-if-a-person-doesn-t-look-after-herself-in/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [Women, as well as men, in all ages and in all places, have danced on the earth, danced the life dance, danced joy, danced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/women-as-well-as-men-in-all-ages-and-in-all-places-have-danced-on-the/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [Will we ever reach a point when it is no longer necessary to say Them and Us? I believe we must reach that point,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/will-we-ever-reach-a-point-when-it-is-no-longer-necessary-to-say-them/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [I can't change what's happened to me in my life, or make what's not occurred take place. But I can't say I like it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/i-can-t-change-what-s-happened-to-me-in-my-life-or-make-what-s-not/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me there was fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/pride-was-my-wilderness-and-the-demon-that-led-me-there-was-fear/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [“Must've been off my head, wandering around the harbour so long. Didn't even get the nightgowns. Are the kids okay? Damn, I wish I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/must-ve-been-off-my-head-wandering-around-the-harbour-so-long-didn-t/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [“Nothing is clear now. Something must be the matter with my way of viewing things. I have no middle view. Either I fix on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/nothing-is-clear-now-something-must-be-the-matter-with-my-way-of/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/holidays-are-enticing-only-for-the-first-week-or-so-after-that-it-is/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) > [“And yet, for a writer of fiction, part of the heart remains that of a stranger, for what we are trying to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-laurence/and-yet-for-a-writer-of-fiction-part-of-the-heart-remains-that-of-a/) [Margaret Laurence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-laurence/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkening-sky/margaret-laurence/#itemlist", "name": "1 Darkening Sky Quotes By Margaret Laurence", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Nothing is clear now. Something must be the matter with my way of viewing things. 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