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> [In America, snobs who wouldn't be seen dead with a lottery ticket play the stock market. We like to gamble. Winning, we have closed our eyes, leapt across the yawning abyss, and landed knee-deep in daisies. Even losing has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/in-america-snobs-who-wouldn-t-be-seen-dead-with-a-lottery-ticket-play/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

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## More by Barbara Holland

> [Success in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/success-in-war-was-the-only-success-that-counted-failure-was-a/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [Almost any dog thinks almost any human is the Great Spirit, the Primal Creator, and the Universal Force Behind the Sun and Tides. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/almost-any-dog-thinks-almost-any-human-is-the-great-spirit-the-primal/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [In the taverns all was amiable and easy, but the coffeehouses were cauldrons of edgy malcontents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/in-the-taverns-all-was-amiable-and-easy-but-the-coffeehouses-were/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [A catless writer is almost inconceivable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/a-catless-writer-is-almost-inconceivable/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [We're a shifty, sliding population. ... What we refer to as 'home' may be a place we haven't seen in years; a place where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/we-re-a-shifty-sliding-population-what-we-refer-to-as-home-may-be-a/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/single-life-should-be-experimental-in-nature-and-open-to-accidents/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/subtly-in-the-little-ways-joy-has-been-leaking-out-of-our-lives-the/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [War was ... the chief or maybe the only source of patriotism, and many a politician, from prehistory up to this morning, unified a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/war-was-the-chief-or-maybe-the-only-source-of-patriotism-and-many-a/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [Smiting enemies has always been so admired that, unlike medicine or archaeology, it entitled its successful practitioners to become kings, emperors, and presidents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/smiting-enemies-has-always-been-so-admired-that-unlike-medicine-or/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [The thing to remember is that children are temporary. As soon as they develop a sense of humor and get to be good company,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/the-thing-to-remember-is-that-children-are-temporary-as-soon-as-they/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/i-was-getting-sick-and-tired-of-being-lectured-by-dear-friends-with/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling, bullying natures,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/if-we-have-a-decent-sort-of-cat-to-begin-with-and-have-always-treated/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claims that a moderate beer drinker - whatever that means - swallows 11 percent of his dietary protein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/the-american-journal-of-clinical-nutrition-claims-that-a-moderate/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [“Drink, the social glue of the human race. Probably in the beginning we could explain ourselves to our close family members with grunts, muttered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/drink-the-social-glue-of-the-human-race-probably-in-the-beginning-we/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

> [Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-holland/perhaps-it-s-a-good-time-to-reconsider-pleasure-at-its-roots-changing/)

[Barbara Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-holland/)

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