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> [Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/just-the-knowledge-that-a-good-book-is-awaiting-one-at-the-end-of-a/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

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> [Just the knowledge that a good book is waiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/just-the-knowledge-that-a-good-book-is-waiting-one-at-the-end-of-a/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

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## More by Kathleen Norris

> [One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/one-may-have-been-a-fool-but-there-s-no-foolishness-like-being-bitter/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/the-ordinary-activities-i-find-most-compatible-with-contemplation-are/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [“At its Greek root, "to believe" simply means "to give one's heart to." Thus, if we can determine what it is we give our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/at-its-greek-root-to-believe-simply-means-to-give-one-s-heart-to-thus/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/in-any-free-society-the-conflict-between-social-conformity-and/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/before-you-begin-a-thing-remind-yourself-that-difficulties-and-delays/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/when-you-are-unhappy-is-there-anything-more-maddening-than-to-be-told/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [“I was vaguely attracted to both library science and accounting, for the way that these disciplines impose order on chaos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/i-was-vaguely-attracted-to-both-library-science-and-accounting-for/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/hate-is-all-a-lie-there-is-no-truth-in-hate/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [“Well, they tell us meat isn't good for us anyway!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/well-they-tell-us-meat-isn-t-good-for-us-anyway/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/none-of-us-knows-what-the-next-change-is-going-to-be-what-unexpected/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [Laundry, liturgy and women's work all serve to ground us in the world, and they need not grind us down. Our daily tasks, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/laundry-liturgy-and-women-s-work-all-serve-to-ground-us-in-the-world/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [The demon of acedia -- also called the noonday demon -- is the one that causes the most serious trouble of all. . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/the-demon-of-acedia-also-called-the-noonday-demon-is-the-one-that/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/only-christ-could-have-brought-us-all-together-in-this-place-doing/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [“In choosing a bare bones existence, we are enriched, and can redefine success as an internal process rather than an outward display of wealth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/in-choosing-a-bare-bones-existence-we-are-enriched-and-can-redefine/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

> [“Poetry was a discipline grounded in experience that drew its life and worth from a source much greater than oneself, and as it realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-norris/poetry-was-a-discipline-grounded-in-experience-that-drew-its-life-and/)

[Kathleen Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-norris/)

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