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title: "3 Kathleen Thompson Norris Quotes"
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# Kathleen Thompson Norris

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Kathleen Thompson Norris was an American novelist and newspaper columnist. She was one of the most widely read and highest paid female writers in the United States for nearly fifty years, from 1911 to 1959. Norris was a prolific writer who wrote 93 novels, many of which became best sellers. Her stor

##  Quotes by Kathleen Thompson Norris

> [“Good and bad, he was taken for granted; she was much more lenient to him than to any of the children. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-thompson-norris/good-and-bad-he-was-taken-for-granted-she-was-much-more-lenient-to/)

Kathleen Thompson Norris

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/kathleen-thompson-norris-85223_children_good-and-bad-he-was-taken-for-granted-sh_1627062.jpg)

> [“She secretly regarded her children as marvellous, even while she laughed down their youthful conceit and punished their naughtiness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-thompson-norris/she-secretly-regarded-her-children-as-marvellous-even-while-she/)

Kathleen Thompson Norris

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/kathleen-thompson-norris-85223_children_she-secretly-regarded-her-children-as-ma_3003793.jpg)

> [“Why, the club was just the quietest place in the world, a place where a woman could run in to brush her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-thompson-norris/why-the-club-was-just-the-quietest-place-in-the-world-a-place-where-a/)

Kathleen Thompson Norris

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/kathleen-thompson-norris-85223_books_why-the-club-was-just-the-quietest-place_3088370.jpg)

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