--- title: "1 Surrendered Life Quotes By A.E. Coppard" description: "1 Surrendered Life quotes by A.E. Coppard. Plus more from A.E. Coppard and more Surrendered Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/a-e-coppard-30090_deep-love_the-poor-wretch-she-had-given-up-so-much_678737.jpg" --- > [“The poor wretch, she had given up so much and could yet smile at her trouble. He himself had never surrendered to anything in life - that was what life demanded of you - surrender. For reward it gave you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/the-poor-wretch-she-had-given-up-so-much-and-could-yet-smile-at-her/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3a/a-e-coppard-30090_deep-love_the-poor-wretch-she-had-given-up-so-much_678737.jpg) ## More by A.E. Coppard > [“Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/mothers-are-inscrutable-beings-to-their-sons-always-the-higgler/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“The poor wretch, she had given up so much and could yet smile at her trouble. He himself had never surrendered to anything in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/the-poor-wretch-she-had-given-up-so-much-and-could-yet-smile-at-her/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“If he was not exactly a Spartan, he was, you might say, spartanatical. Things happened to you; they were good,or they were bad -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/if-he-was-not-exactly-a-spartan-he-was-you-might-say-spartanatical/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“He asked with a stiff smile 'What is love?' For me,' said Orianda, fumbling for a definition, 'for me it is a compound of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/he-asked-with-a-stiff-smile-what-is-love-for-me-said-orianda-fumbling/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“Folly? O, it was indeed! But Folly is a prison where no charter of deliverence ever comes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/folly-o-it-was-indeed-but-folly-is-a-prison-where-no-charter-of/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“Humph,' he said, with a disagreeable air, 'the universe does its work very quietly.' (“The Bogey Man”)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/humph-he-said-with-a-disagreeable-air-the-universe-does-its-work-very/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“A high upland common was this moor, two miles from end to end, and full of furze and bracken. There were no trees and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/a-high-upland-common-was-this-moor-two-miles-from-end-to-end-and-full/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“Blood is thicker than water, I know, but it's unnatural stuff to drink so much of. (“The Wife Of Ted Wickham”)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/blood-is-thicker-than-water-i-know-but-it-s-unnatural-stuff-to-drink/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“To be far from the madding crowd is to be mad indeed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/to-be-far-from-the-madding-crowd-is-to-be-mad-indeed/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“To analyze or assess a person's failings or deficiencies,' he declared to himself, 'is useless, not because such blemishes are immovable, but because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/to-analyze-or-assess-a-person-s-failings-or-deficiencies-he-declared/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“O, sir,' murmured Sheila, still on her knees, 'please forgive me.' 'Forgive you! 0, la, la, la!' cunningly cried the droll, and strutting like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/o-sir-murmured-sheila-still-on-her-knees-please-forgive-me-forgive/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“Holiness was always something richly dim.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/holiness-was-always-something-richly-dim/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“Pedersen was always wooing her. Sometimes he was gracious and kind, but at other times when his failure wearied him he would be cruel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/pedersen-was-always-wooing-her-sometimes-he-was-gracious-and-kind-but/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“I am Shiloh, whose box you stole. Your godmother's sickness lies in your own keeping, you can heal her in a moment. Make me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/i-am-shiloh-whose-box-you-stole-your-godmother-s-sickness-lies-in/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) > [“There are men who love to gaze with the mind at things that can never be seen, feel at least the throb of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-coppard/there-are-men-who-love-to-gaze-with-the-mind-at-things-that-can-never/) [A.E. Coppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-coppard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrendered-life/a-e-coppard/#itemlist", "name": "1 Surrendered Life Quotes By A.E. Coppard", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The poor wretch, she had given up so much and could yet smile at her trouble. 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