Private Problems Quotes by Margaret Millar

You have what is known as a lot of character, meaning you can be wrong at the top of your lungs.

— Margaret Millar

Shrews are made, not born.

— Margaret Millar

Civilization has imposed countless restrictions and conventions on each of us, with the result that the subconscious in the majority of us has become…

— Margaret Millar

The day will probably come when you can tell everything about a person from his dreams except his age and weight.

— Margaret Millar

the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.

— Margaret Millar

the emotions at death, as at birth, are instinctive and primitive.

— Margaret Millar

Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.

— Margaret Millar

Don't borrow trouble. The interest is too high.

— Margaret Millar

I wish people would quit telling me to think. I think. Thinking's easy. It's not thinking that's hard.

— Margaret Millar

When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.

— Margaret Millar

The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.

— Margaret Millar

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

— Margaret Millar