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> [Here is a simple recipe to begin with. Get up every morning with the set intention of writing and go to your desk and sit there for three hours, whether you accomplish anything or not. Before long you will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/here-is-a-simple-recipe-to-begin-with-get-up-every-morning-with-the/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

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## More by Gertrude Atherton

> [There is nothing so carking as the pangs of unsatisfied curiosity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/there-is-nothing-so-carking-as-the-pangs-of-unsatisfied-curiosity/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-only-two-good-words-that-can-be-said-for-a-hurricane-are-that-it/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The world, and the great and free United States in particular, is full of narrow-minded, ignorant, moronic, bigoted, cowardly, self-righteous, anemic, pig-headed, stupid, puritanical,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-world-and-the-great-and-free-united-states-in-particular-is-full/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [Men are not amusing during the shooting season; but, after all, my dear, men were not especially designed to amuse women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/men-are-not-amusing-during-the-shooting-season-but-after-all-my-dear/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [genius must ever be imperfect. Life is not long enough nor slow enough for both brain and character to grow side by side to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/genius-must-ever-be-imperfect-life-is-not-long-enough-nor-slow-enough/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [the best of all good friends is pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-best-of-all-good-friends-is-pride/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The final result of too much routine is death in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-final-result-of-too-much-routine-is-death-in-life/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [Self-admiration giveth much consolation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/self-admiration-giveth-much-consolation/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [Fame compensates for a column of wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/fame-compensates-for-a-column-of-wants/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [If you can't get the very best in this world, take nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/if-you-can-t-get-the-very-best-in-this-world-take-nothing/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [No country can reach a high stage of civilization without a leisure class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/no-country-can-reach-a-high-stage-of-civilization-without-a-leisure/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [... France is the genius among nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/france-is-the-genius-among-nations/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-world-changed-somewhat-in-form-during-its-progress-but-never-in/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/the-irony-of-life-is-not-that-you-cannot-forget-but-that-you-can/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

> [ \[Alexander\] Hamilton estimated portrait painters as thieves of time. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/alexander-hamilton-estimated-portrait-painters-as-thieves-of-time/)

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