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> [“I think the difficulty with people who can't follow printed directions for knitting or anything else is that they try to understand them. They read the whole thing through and it doesn't make sense to them, so they start with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-can-t-follow-printed/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

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## More by Louise Dickinson Rich

> [“Here I dare to be myself. I don't see why it should ever be again be important to me what I wear, or whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/here-i-dare-to-be-myself-i-don-t-see-why-it-should-ever-be-again-be/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“I'm a good knitter, and I'm proud of it. I see no point in being modest about things you know you do well. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/i-m-a-good-knitter-and-i-m-proud-of-it-i-see-no-point-in-being-modest/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“Every woman occasionally wonders what manner of man she has married. No matter how long she has been living with her husband, once in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/every-woman-occasionally-wonders-what-manner-of-man-she-has-married/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“You can think of a lot of things to make out of nothing, if you have to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/you-can-think-of-a-lot-of-things-to-make-out-of-nothing-if-you-have-to/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“The things we fear are almost always things which needn't be feared at all. They are creatures of our imagination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/the-things-we-fear-are-almost-always-things-which-needn-t-be-feared/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“I think the difficulty with people who can't follow printed directions for knitting or anything else is that they try to understand them. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/i-think-the-difficulty-with-people-who-can-t-follow-printed/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [Mainiacs away from Maine are truly displaced persons, only half alive, only half aware of their immediate surroundings. Their inner attention is always preoccupied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/mainiacs-away-from-maine-are-truly-displaced-persons-only-half-alive/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [There is nothing that I so greatly admire as purposefulness. I have an enormous respect for people who know exactly what they are doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/there-is-nothing-that-i-so-greatly-admire-as-purposefulness-i-have-an/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“I like to know what my friends are thinking and feeling. If too long a time elapses without my checking up on these things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/i-like-to-know-what-my-friends-are-thinking-and-feeling-if-too-long-a/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [We belong to no cult. We are not Nature Lovers. We don't love nature any more than we love breathing. Nature is simply something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/we-belong-to-no-cult-we-are-not-nature-lovers-we-don-t-love-nature/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“Discontent is only the fear of missing something. Content is the knowledge that you aren't missing anything worth-while.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/discontent-is-only-the-fear-of-missing-something-content-is-the/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“You don't have to understand directions. All you have to do is follow them; and you can follow them only one step at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/you-don-t-have-to-understand-directions-all-you-have-to-do-is-follow/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [There are other things that contribute to health besides a balanced diet. There are fresh air and sunlight and lack of nervous tension.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/there-are-other-things-that-contribute-to-health-besides-a-balanced/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [“If it would help humanity or the course of the War by so much as one iota, I would gladly sit all day long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/if-it-would-help-humanity-or-the-course-of-the-war-by-so-much-as-one/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

> [Here the people seem to possess the secret of tranquility and to live lives of more than surface contentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-dickinson-rich/here-the-people-seem-to-possess-the-secret-of-tranquility-and-to-live/)

[Louise Dickinson Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-dickinson-rich/)

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