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> [The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/the-only-real-failure-is-the-failure-to-try-and-the-measure-of/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

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## More by Deborah Moggach

> [It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/it-s-not-a-failure-if-a-marriage-or-partnership-ends-after-a-certain/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [“Our task is not to solve enigmas, but to be aware of them, to bow our heads before them and also to prepare the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/our-task-is-not-to-solve-enigmas-but-to-be-aware-of-them-to-bow-our/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/it-was-very-liberating-living-in-a-foreign-country-a-place-where/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [“Even when I succeed in getting there we only have an hour. At ten o’clock the night-watch trumpet sounds and those who are out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/even-when-i-succeed-in-getting-there-we-only-have-an-hour-at-ten-o/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [“The world is chaotic. All artists know this, but they try to make sense of it. Sophia has made sense of it for him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/the-world-is-chaotic-all-artists-know-this-but-they-try-to-make-sense/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/don-t-start-writing-your-novel-until-you-know-your-characters-very/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/everything-will-be-alright-in-the-end-so-if-it-is-not-alright-it-is/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [Living apart is hardly possible if people have children together. It can also be more expensive to maintain two homes. But then, it's expensive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/living-apart-is-hardly-possible-if-people-have-children-together-it/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [My first novel, 'You Must be Sisters,' was started in Pakistan. I've wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/my-first-novel-you-must-be-sisters-was-started-in-pakistan-i-ve-wrote/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/writing-a-novel-is-a-huge-adventure-when-it-s-going-well-it-s-more/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [I like missing someone and being missed; I like looking forward to seeing him again. I like getting emails and texts with lots of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/i-like-missing-someone-and-being-missed-i-like-looking-forward-to/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [The greatest artists know how to entertain, or else nobody would read them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/the-greatest-artists-know-how-to-entertain-or-else-nobody-would-read/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [I hate fussing about in the kitchen when I have people over to supper, so I make a rich beef stew cooked in wine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/i-hate-fussing-about-in-the-kitchen-when-i-have-people-over-to-supper/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [But it's also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/but-it-s-also-true-that-the-person-who-risks-nothing-does-nothing-has/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

> [I do believe that we baby-boomers are reinventing ageing as we enter it. We're living longer and expecting more from life; the success of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-moggach/i-do-believe-that-we-baby-boomers-are-reinventing-ageing-as-we-enter/)

[Deborah Moggach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-moggach/)

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