There is nothing that I so greatly admire as purposefulness. I have an enormous respect for people who know exactly what they are doing and where they are going. Such people are compact and integrated. They have clear edges. They… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
Here the people seem to possess the secret of tranquility and to live lives of more than surface contentment. — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“Here I dare to be myself. I don't see why it should ever be again be important to me what I wear, or whether I have read the latest book or seen the latest play, or know the newest catch word. I don't see why I should ever care again what people think of me. It seems silly now, but… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share
“I'm a good knitter, and I'm proud of it. I see no point in being modest about things you know you do well. It… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“Every woman occasionally wonders what manner of man she has married. No matter how long she has been living with her husband, once in… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“You can think of a lot of things to make out of nothing, if you have to.” — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“The things we fear are almost always things which needn't be feared at all. They are creatures of our imagination.” — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“I think the difficulty with people who can't follow printed directions for knitting or anything else is that they try to understand them. They… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
Mainiacs away from Maine are truly displaced persons, only half alive, only half aware of their immediate surroundings. Their inner attention is always preoccupied and pre-empted by the tiny pinpoint on the face of the globe called Down East. They try to live not in such a manner that they will eventually be welcomed into Paradise, but only so that… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share
There is nothing that I so greatly admire as purposefulness. I have an enormous respect for people who know exactly what they are doing… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“I like to know what my friends are thinking and feeling. If too long a time elapses without my checking up on these things,… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
We belong to no cult. We are not Nature Lovers. We don't love nature any more than we love breathing. Nature is simply something… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“Discontent is only the fear of missing something. Content is the knowledge that you aren't missing anything worth-while.” — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
“You don't have to understand directions. All you have to do is follow them; and you can follow them only one step at a… — Louise Dickinson Rich Copy Share Image
