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> [“If we could be seen thinking, we would show blown bright one moment, dark the next, like embers; subject to every passing word and thought of our own or other people's, mostly other people's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/if-we-could-be-seen-thinking-we-would-show-blown-bright-one-moment/)

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## More by Dorothy Whipple

> [“Marriage or no marriage, children or no children, life - the real life - is lived in the spirit, and I hold that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/marriage-or-no-marriage-children-or-no-children-life-the-real-life-is/)

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> [“In the radiance and the silence, she ran on the vast expanse of hard, smooth sand, beside herself with joy. Ah, when you only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/in-the-radiance-and-the-silence-she-ran-on-the-vast-expanse-of-hard/)

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> [“But Mrs. Brockington, old, alone, almost crippled by rheumatism, had faith and courage. She had more. She had a warm serenity, and when Ellen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/but-mrs-brockington-old-alone-almost-crippled-by-rheumatism-had-faith/)

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> [“If we could be seen thinking, we would show blown bright one moment, dark the next, like embers; subject to every passing word and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/if-we-could-be-seen-thinking-we-would-show-blown-bright-one-moment/)

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> [“With love, you don't even need butter on your bread; without it, an elaborate feast is necessary to make you come to the table.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/with-love-you-don-t-even-need-butter-on-your-bread-without-it-an/)

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> [“It matters to ourselves, of course, but it matters terribly to other people. Moral failure or spiritual failure or whatever you call it, makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/it-matters-to-ourselves-of-course-but-it-matters-terribly-to-other/)

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> [“As is usual with the ignorant, long words had the fascination for both girls that obstacles on the road have for a bad driver;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/as-is-usual-with-the-ignorant-long-words-had-the-fascination-for-both/)

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> [“All those books, all those prayers and she had got nothing from them. When everything went well for her she had been able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/all-those-books-all-those-prayers-and-she-had-got-nothing-from-them/)

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> [“Love is happy only when it is confident. When it is humble, it is full of pain and misgiving; there is hardly any happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/love-is-happy-only-when-it-is-confident-when-it-is-humble-it-is-full/)

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> [“A loved husband is the companion of companions, the supreme sharer, and a happy wife often sounds trivial when she is really sampling and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-whipple/a-loved-husband-is-the-companion-of-companions-the-supreme-sharer-and/)

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