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> [“It gives us a better perspective of our place. We hold our history so dear, our politics so tight. But in the fullness of time, all histories fade. Rome, Ephesus, the Incan and Mayan cultures. The wheel of time turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/it-gives-us-a-better-perspective-of-our-place-we-hold-our-history-so/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

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## More by Mary Alice Monroe

> [“Oh, if only I were young again, I would travel! There's so much of the world I would like to have seen. But I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/oh-if-only-i-were-young-again-i-would-travel-there-s-so-much-of-the/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“All stories come to an end. That moment when we sigh and close the book, perhaps sit back in our chair and rest our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/all-stories-come-to-an-end-that-moment-when-we-sigh-and-close-the/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“A woman’s life has so many demands because she is the axis around which so many little planets spin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/a-woman-s-life-has-so-many-demands-because-she-is-the-axis-around/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Dawn tore at the seam of night, pulling the blackness back a little farther with each passing minute.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/dawn-tore-at-the-seam-of-night-pulling-the-blackness-back-a-little/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Rather than feel small, however, in this arena she felt part of something much bigger than herself. This gave her both a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/rather-than-feel-small-however-in-this-arena-she-felt-part-of/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Age is real life is short. It's foolhardy to deny it. We grow up, our bodies grow frail, death is coming. There's so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/age-is-real-life-is-short-it-s-foolhardy-to-deny-it-we-grow-up-our/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Luz felt as though all the millions of butterflies that were flying on this same journey south were fluttering in her stomach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/luz-felt-as-though-all-the-millions-of-butterflies-that-were-flying/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“not so heartbreaking. So it was with me after Tom’s death. In retrospect, I look at myself and my friends and I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/not-so-heartbreaking-so-it-was-with-me-after-tom-s-death-in/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/to-me-the-glass-is-half-empty-some-days-and-half-full-on-others/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/privacy-is-something-that-we-maintain-for-the-good-of-ourselves-and/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“And quickly. If you let it, grief could swallow you whole.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/and-quickly-if-you-let-it-grief-could-swallow-you-whole/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“The secret to happiness is to embrace the humility to accept what comes and the courage to continue on your life's path with an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/the-secret-to-happiness-is-to-embrace-the-humility-to-accept-what/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“Sometimes she's so stuck up she'd drown in a rainstorm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/sometimes-she-s-so-stuck-up-she-d-drown-in-a-rainstorm/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“she’d neglected to make choices for her inner self as well. She’d given away too much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/she-d-neglected-to-make-choices-for-her-inner-self-as-well-she-d/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

> [“See how people smile when they see a butterfly? They can't help themselves. Butterflies are joy with wings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-alice-monroe/see-how-people-smile-when-they-see-a-butterfly-they-can-t-help/)

[Mary Alice Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-alice-monroe/)

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