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> [“And there was the inner walking on the edge of darkness, the peering into black doorways...the unrevealed answer which must be somewhere, and yet might not be even present or hidden in that darkness..this under-life which when traced or held…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/and-there-was-the-inner-walking-on-the-edge-of-darkness-the-peering/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

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## More by Josephine Winslow Johnson

> [“And there was the inner walking on the edge of darkness, the peering into black doorways...the unrevealed answer which must be somewhere, and yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/and-there-was-the-inner-walking-on-the-edge-of-darkness-the-peering/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [Everything drops away, comes to be unimportant in the dark. It's like sleep almost. A freedom from self, from ugliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/everything-drops-away-comes-to-be-unimportant-in-the-dark-it-s-like/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [The woods seemed all answer and healing and more than enough to live for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/the-woods-seemed-all-answer-and-healing-and-more-than-enough-to-live/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [things that have cost more than they're worth leave a bitter taste. A taste of salt and sweat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/things-that-have-cost-more-than-they-re-worth-leave-a-bitter-taste-a/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [We are dying of preconceptions, outworn rules, decaying flags, venomous religions, and sentimentalities. We need a new world. We've wrenched up all the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/we-are-dying-of-preconceptions-outworn-rules-decaying-flags-venomous/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [The dead elm leaves hung like folded bats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/the-dead-elm-leaves-hung-like-folded-bats/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [... love and fear increase together with a precision almost mathematical: the greater the love is then the greater the fear is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/love-and-fear-increase-together-with-a-precision-almost-mathematical/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [There is 'a time to be born' - and born again, free of accumulated, encrusted sores of fears and prejudices, old hates, of cancerous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/there-is-a-time-to-be-born-and-born-again-free-of-accumulated/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [“There must be some reason, I thought, why we should go on year after year, with this lump of debt, scrailing earth down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/there-must-be-some-reason-i-thought-why-we-should-go-on-year-after/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [“I like to pretend that the years alter and revalue, but begin to see that time does nothing but enlarge without mutation. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/i-like-to-pretend-that-the-years-alter-and-revalue-but-begin-to-see/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [Lord make me satisfied with small things. Make me content to live on the outside of life. God make me love the rind!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/lord-make-me-satisfied-with-small-things-make-me-content-to-live-on/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [in mad people fear goes on constantly, night and day, wearing one ditch in the mind that all thoughts must travel in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/in-mad-people-fear-goes-on-constantly-night-and-day-wearing-one-ditch/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [The writer's advantage, in some respects, over those whose expression lies in other fields, is in the privilege of a double - sometimes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/the-writer-s-advantage-in-some-respects-over-those-whose-expression/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [To have children is a double living, the earthly fountain of youth, a continual fresh delight, a volcano as well as a fountain, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/to-have-children-is-a-double-living-the-earthly-fountain-of-youth-a/)

[Josephine Winslow Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-winslow-johnson/)

> [I am sick of war. Every woman of my generation is sick of war. Fifty years of war. Wars rumored, wars beginning, wars fought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-winslow-johnson/i-am-sick-of-war-every-woman-of-my-generation-is-sick-of-war-fifty/)

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