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> [Of all the men I have known, I cannot recall one whose mother did her level best for him when he was little who did not turn out well when he grew up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/of-all-the-men-i-have-known-i-cannot-recall-one-whose-mother-did-her/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

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## More by Frances Parkinson Keyes

> [“Then she felt herself, she said, to enter into the very bosom of God, where she was transformed into her Beloved, so completely that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/then-she-felt-herself-she-said-to-enter-into-the-very-bosom-of-god/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [You know how some people are - they always feel they have to do things for other people's good, no matter what happens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/you-know-how-some-people-are-they-always-feel-they-have-to-do-things/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [One does not permit one's friends to be slandered in time of trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/one-does-not-permit-one-s-friends-to-be-slandered-in-time-of-trouble/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [A compensation is something which does not quite compensate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/a-compensation-is-something-which-does-not-quite-compensate/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [Of all the men I have known, I cannot recall one whose mother did her level best for him when he was little who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/of-all-the-men-i-have-known-i-cannot-recall-one-whose-mother-did-her/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [Taking the way that opens, even if it seems hardly more than a footpath, not infrequently leads to the highways of heart's desire, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/taking-the-way-that-opens-even-if-it-seems-hardly-more-than-a/)

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> [A mystic is a spiritual realist, a person for whom the Invisible is a matter of more or less firsthand experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/a-mystic-is-a-spiritual-realist-a-person-for-whom-the-invisible-is-a/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [the only door into her bedroom led through the church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/the-only-door-into-her-bedroom-led-through-the-church/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [A half century of living should put a good deal into a person's face besides a few wrinkles and some unwelcome folds around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/a-half-century-of-living-should-put-a-good-deal-into-a-person-s-face/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [Fortunately, any kind of setback has represented a challenge to do better, rather than an acceptance of inferiority on my part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/fortunately-any-kind-of-setback-has-represented-a-challenge-to-do/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/folks-with-their-wits-about-them-knew-that-advertisements-were-just-a/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [scales are the grammar of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/scales-are-the-grammar-of-music/)

[Frances Parkinson Keyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-parkinson-keyes/)

> [The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/the-snow-which-had-fallen-quietly-at-first-was-now-pelting-against/)

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> [I have always been allergic to telephones. As far as I am concerned, they are very seldom time-savers and very often the destroyers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-parkinson-keyes/i-have-always-been-allergic-to-telephones-as-far-as-i-am-concerned/)

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