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> [A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/a-letter-is-a-risky-thing-the-writer-gambles-on-the-reader-s-frame-of/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

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## More by Margaret Deland

> [What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/what-i-object-to-in-mother-is-that-she-wants-me-to-think-her-thoughts/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/age-per-se-may-claim-tenderness-and-pity-but-not-respect-that-only/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/war-is-wicked-beause-it-is-murder-and-hate-and-it-is-foolish-because/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/there-are-few-things-that-are-more-endearing-than-the-grace-of/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [the attempt to break a habit of years is necessarily experimental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/the-attempt-to-break-a-habit-of-years-is-necessarily-experimental/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/self-sacrifice-which-denies-common-sense-is-not-a-virtue-it-s-a/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [Age, with shamefaced relief, has learned the solvent quality of Time. It is this quality which makes possible the contemplation of certain embarrassing heavenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/age-with-shamefaced-relief-has-learned-the-solvent-quality-of-time-it/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [Hearts don't come when Reason whistles to 'em.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/hearts-don-t-come-when-reason-whistles-to-em/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/i-have-no-faith-in-a-human-critter-who-hasn-t-one-or-two-bad-habits/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/isn-t-there-any-statute-of-limitation-in-things-spiritual-i-don-t/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/to-talk-over-a-quarrel-with-its-inevitable-accompaniment-of-self/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [... some of the things floating about in the Well of Memory are not worth recording.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/some-of-the-things-floating-about-in-the-well-of-memory-are-not-worth/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/safety-that-depends-on-an-apron-string-is-very-unsafe/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [a great moment raises most of the people who experience it, to its own level; and that is why they do not always recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/a-great-moment-raises-most-of-the-people-who-experience-it-to-its-own/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

> [Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/of-all-the-bitter-and-heavy-things-in-this-sorry-old-world-the-not/)

[Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/)

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