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> [“I’ve been around for a long time, seen lots of places, and the one thing I learned was that it sometimes takes a village, not largesse handed down from the haves or the has-beens—something”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/i-ve-been-around-for-a-long-time-seen-lots-of-places-and-the-one/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

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## More by Shelley Noble

> [“Alice meant well. Always attempting to make the glass seem half full but invariably making it practically empty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/alice-meant-well-always-attempting-to-make-the-glass-seem-half-full/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Laughter was too close to tears.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/laughter-was-too-close-to-tears/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Where was her joy?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/where-was-her-joy/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Thousands, millions of stars hung fragilely in space, as if a breath could shake them loose and set them falling toward earth. And she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/thousands-millions-of-stars-hung-fragilely-in-space-as-if-a-breath/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Now I know how Michelangelo felt. Only he ended up with the Sistine Chapel and I got a sooty ceiling in a minor mansion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/now-i-know-how-michelangelo-felt-only-he-ended-up-with-the-sistine/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“I’ve been around for a long time, seen lots of places, and the one thing I learned was that it sometimes takes a village,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/i-ve-been-around-for-a-long-time-seen-lots-of-places-and-the-one/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“This was crazy. Celeste had merely said her relatives would love to have her stay with them, they had plenty of room. She hadn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/this-was-crazy-celeste-had-merely-said-her-relatives-would-love-to/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“cranky. Sarah took the time to work on an old pocket watch that had been wound so tight that the mainspring had broken. Wyatt’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/cranky-sarah-took-the-time-to-work-on-an-old-pocket-watch-that-had/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Bailey’s eyes rolled upward. “The man ran a merry-go-round in a backwater town. Get over it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/bailey-s-eyes-rolled-upward-the-man-ran-a-merry-go-round-in-a/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Whoever called summer a vacation was bat poop crazy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/whoever-called-summer-a-vacation-was-bat-poop-crazy/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Can't was killed in the battle of tried.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/can-t-was-killed-in-the-battle-of-tried/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“She looked at him and he realized how long it”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/she-looked-at-him-and-he-realized-how-long-it/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Today she let the steady beat of the clocks calm the beating of her heart. She always found peace among the clocks. Time always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/today-she-let-the-steady-beat-of-the-clocks-calm-the-beating-of-her/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Girl, you so busy lookin’ behind you, you cain’t see what’s up ahead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/girl-you-so-busy-lookin-behind-you-you-cain-t-see-what-s-up-ahead/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

> [“Stargazey Point was majestic but personable, vast yet comforting, formidable but engaging.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-noble/stargazey-point-was-majestic-but-personable-vast-yet-comforting/)

[Shelley Noble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-noble/)

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