--- title: "1 Life Divided Quotes By Helen MacInnes" description: "1 Life Divided quotes by Helen MacInnes. Plus more from Helen MacInnes and more Life Divided sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/helen-macinnes-41237_dr-macintyre_well-a-man-s-life-is-divided-into-two-pa_1622544.jpg" --- > [“Well, a man’s life is divided into two parts: there is his work and there is his own private life. Two small worlds which he has to make for himself. And it is only when he is old, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/well-a-man-s-life-is-divided-into-two-parts-there-is-his-work-and/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/helen-macinnes-41237_dr-macintyre_well-a-man-s-life-is-divided-into-two-pa_1622544.jpg) ## More by Helen MacInnes > [“Britain and our friends, by allowing Colonel Bolt’s records to have a grave question mark against your name, would you let that question mark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/britain-and-our-friends-by-allowing-colonel-bolt-s-records-to-have-a/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“head. “You will not tell?” She shook her head again. “But how else can we believe you? You mean you are willing to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/head-you-will-not-tell-she-shook-her-head-again-but-how-else-can-we/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“Yes, the Americans and the British were alike in some things. They were surface people, skimming over past history, picking out the interpretations that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/yes-the-americans-and-the-british-were-alike-in-some-things-they-were/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“grace that her training had made natural for her. Did she ever think of ballet, now? Madame Aleksander wondered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/grace-that-her-training-had-made-natural-for-her-did-she-ever-think/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“Well, a man’s life is divided into two parts: there is his work and there is his own private life. Two small worlds which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/well-a-man-s-life-is-divided-into-two-parts-there-is-his-work-and/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“There are good people, kind people, too. I’ve got to keep thinking of them. I’ve got to remember them. There are people who help.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/there-are-good-people-kind-people-too-i-ve-got-to-keep-thinking-of/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“Matthews. For Mr.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/matthews-for-mr/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“He had been there to warn Dutka’s wife and boy. It was an idea of his own, but it worked. They got away.” “The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/he-had-been-there-to-warn-dutka-s-wife-and-boy-it-was-an-idea-of-his/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) > [“Americans by the very nature of the soft fat they collected around their brains along with all of their comforts, their total ignorance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-macinnes/americans-by-the-very-nature-of-the-soft-fat-they-collected-around/) [Helen MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-macinnes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-divided/helen-macinnes/#itemlist", "name": "1 Life Divided Quotes By Helen MacInnes", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Well, a man’s life is divided into two parts: there is his work and there is his own private life. 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