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> [It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/it-seems-to-me-like-stealing-for-men-and-women-to-live-in-the-world/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

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## More by Sarah Orne Jewett

> [You must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/you-must-find-your-own-quiet-center-of-life-and-write-from-that-to/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [“This is a very small world; we are all within hail of each other. I dare say when we get to Heaven there will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/this-is-a-very-small-world-we-are-all-within-hail-of-each-other-i/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/it-seems-to-me-like-stealing-for-men-and-women-to-live-in-the-world/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [my friends plunged into a borderless sea of reminiscences and personal news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/my-friends-plunged-into-a-borderless-sea-of-reminiscences-and/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [When she walked...she stretched out long and thin like a little tiger, and held her head high to look over the grass as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/when-she-walked-she-stretched-out-long-and-thin-like-a-little-tiger/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [You never get over bein' a child long's you have a mother to go to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/you-never-get-over-bein-a-child-long-s-you-have-a-mother-to-go-to/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [The warm sun kissed the earthTo consecrate thy birth,And from his close embraceThy radiant faceSprang into sight,A blossoming delight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/the-warm-sun-kissed-the-earthto-consecrate-thy-birth-and-from-his/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [A story should be managed so that it should suggest interesting things to the reader instead of the author's doing all the thinking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/a-story-should-be-managed-so-that-it-should-suggest-interesting/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [There's some herb that's good for everybody, except for them that thinks they're sick when they ain't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/there-s-some-herb-that-s-good-for-everybody-except-for-them-that/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [I've found that people who look at things as they are, and not as they wish them to be, are the ones who succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/i-ve-found-that-people-who-look-at-things-as-they-are-and-not-as-they/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [There is something out of gear about graded schools and all that. Memory is developed at the expense of what in general we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/there-is-something-out-of-gear-about-graded-schools-and-all-that/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/my-dear-father-my-dear-friend-the-best-and-wisest-man-i-ever-knew-who/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [In these days the young folks is all copy-cats, 'fraid to death they won't be all just alike; as for the old folks, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/in-these-days-the-young-folks-is-all-copy-cats-fraid-to-death-they/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/so-we-die-before-our-own-eyes-so-we-see-some-chapters-of-our-lives/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

> [Who was it said that you never get to a place until a day after you come, nor leave it until a day after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-orne-jewett/who-was-it-said-that-you-never-get-to-a-place-until-a-day-after-you/)

[Sarah Orne Jewett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-orne-jewett/)

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