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> [The most important part of religion isn't in any church. It's down in your own heart. Religion is in your thoughts, and in the way you act from day to day, in the way you treat other people. It's honesty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/the-most-important-part-of-religion-isn-t-in-any-church-it-s-down-in/)

[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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“...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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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