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> [“We’re so useful, we practical people. We hold it altogether. But we’re seen as killjoys, somehow. Most unfair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/we-re-so-useful-we-practical-people-we-hold-it-altogether-but-we-re/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

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## More by Joanna Trollope

> [I'm an enormous fan of people who have had a lot of faith in themselves, and been on a tremendous journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-m-an-enormous-fan-of-people-who-have-had-a-lot-of-faith-in/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“Finding the home had been dispiriting at best. And the best had been only very occasional. She had been appalled, and alarmed, by most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/finding-the-home-had-been-dispiriting-at-best-and-the-best-had-been/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/my-view-of-an-excellent-novel-was-probably-set-in-the-golden-age-of/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-can-change-yourself-and-you-can-change-the-situation-but-you/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-m-a-third-done-into-a-new-book-but-sorry-i-have-a-superstition/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“She trusted her instincts; she trusted those dear to her; she trusted her emotions and her passions. She drank deep, you could see that;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/she-trusted-her-instincts-she-trusted-those-dear-to-her-she-trusted/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I always love writing about children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-always-love-writing-about-children/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [All TV can do is capture the spirit of a book because the medium is so utterly different. But I'm very grateful for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/all-tv-can-do-is-capture-the-spirit-of-a-book-because-the-medium-is/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I don't need to marry again. I've been married twice, and I love it when it works, but these days we live until we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-don-t-need-to-marry-again-i-ve-been-married-twice-and-i-love-it/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“You’re stuck with yourself, so you might as well try and be someone you can stand to live with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-re-stuck-with-yourself-so-you-might-as-well-try-and-be-someone/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [I am often criticised for being rather accessible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/i-am-often-criticised-for-being-rather-accessible/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“We all overlay our feelings with too much thinking. We are afraid of our feelings because they are arbitrary and volatile, and we often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/we-all-overlay-our-feelings-with-too-much-thinking-we-are-afraid-of/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [“a dog would be comfortably companionable and an uncomplicated distraction from the inside of his own head, and that one could safely say, out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/a-dog-would-be-comfortably-companionable-and-an-uncomplicated/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-can-t-be-too-old-to-be-a-writer-but-you-can-definitely-be-too/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

> [You can't love a library of e-books. You can't furnish a room with e-books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-trollope/you-can-t-love-a-library-of-e-books-you-can-t-furnish-a-room-with-e/)

[Joanna Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-trollope/)

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