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> [There is an Indian proverb that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emtional, and a spiritual . Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/there-is-an-indian-proverb-that-says-that-everyone-is-a-house-with/)

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## More by Rumer Godden

> [“In good company your thoughts run, in solitude your thought is still; it goes deeper and makes for itself a deeper groove, delves. Delve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/in-good-company-your-thoughts-run-in-solitude-your-thought-is-still/)

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> [in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/in-california-i-began-to-think-that-except-on-the-beaches-no-one-had/)

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> [Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/of-course-one-never-knows-in-draft-if-it-s-going-to-turn-out-even/)

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> [You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/you-can-be-a-nuisance-to-your-family-you-mustn-t-be-a-nuisance-to/)

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> [“Towards four o'clock the dew fell, and she smelled a gust of sweetness from the roses and a paleness showed in the sky to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/towards-four-o-clock-the-dew-fell-and-she-smelled-a-gust-of-sweetness/)

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> [It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/it-s-only-by-being-obstinate-that-anything-is-got-or-done/)

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> [“My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess. We are suffocating our spirits in commercial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/my-nation-as-all-nations-is-becoming-a-land-without-peace-without/)

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> [Once you have felt the Indian dust, you will never be free of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/once-you-have-felt-the-indian-dust-you-will-never-be-free-of-it/)

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> [“Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound, a sentence or a happening that does not pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/every-piece-of-writing-starts-from-what-i-call-a-grit-a-sight-or/)

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> [If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/if-books-were-persian-carpets-one-would-not-look-only-at-the-outer/)

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> [With everything that happens to you, with everyone you meet who is important to you, you either die a little or are born.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/with-everything-that-happens-to-you-with-everyone-you-meet-who-is/)

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> [As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/as-one-gets-older-being-sad-and-miserable-can-become-a-bit-of-a-habit/)

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> [The best would be to have friends who came and went away; but if I had to choose between their never coming or never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/the-best-would-be-to-have-friends-who-came-and-went-away-but-if-i-had/)

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> [“Harriet told her, 'Captain John was so brave. He stayed there in the battle until his leg was shot off.' Victoria's brown eyes rested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/harriet-told-her-captain-john-was-so-brave-he-stayed-there-in-the/)

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> [“The human heart Is unknowable. But in my birthplace The flowers still smell The same as always.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-godden/the-human-heart-is-unknowable-but-in-my-birthplace-the-flowers-still/)

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