--- title: "Best Margaret Deland Sayings" description: "Margaret Deland was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She generally is considered part..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b044/author-margaret-deland-7843.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b044/author-margaret-deland-7843.jpg) # Margaret Deland (1857–1945) Novelist United States **87** quotes in **429** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Margaret Deland was a novelist from the United States, best known for *Old Chester tales*. ## Quick Facts About Margaret Deland Born February 23, 1857 Died January 13, 1945 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works Old Chester tales Known for Philip and His Wife, Sidney, The Awakening of Helena Richie, The Iron Woman, The Rising Tide ## About Margaret Deland Margaret Deland was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She generally is considered part of the literary realism movement. ## Awards & Honors Honorary doctor of the Tufts University honorary doctor of Rutgers University ## Quotes by Margaret Deland · Page 3 > [Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than…](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/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/margaret-deland-7843_believe_isn-t-there-any-statute-of-limitation-in_216571.png) > [... when personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/when-personal-happiness-conflicts-with-any-great-human-ideal-the/) [Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/) [Claims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/claims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/margaret-deland-7843_claims_when-personal-happiness-conflicts-with-a_1533162.png) > [Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom…](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/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adc/margaret-deland-7843_age_age-per-se-may-claim-tenderness-and-pity_62058.png) > [... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/in-a-wicked-way-it-is-an-incentive-to-good-living-to-observe-the/) [Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/) [Enjoyment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enjoyment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1c/margaret-deland-7843_enjoyment_in-a-wicked-way-it-is-an-incentive-to-go_933822.png) > [there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it…](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/) [Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/margaret-deland-7843_attention_there-are-few-things-that-are-more-endea_84929.png) > [There's one thing that always interests me about you good people, not your certainty that the rest of us are swine, -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/there-s-one-thing-that-always-interests-me-about-you-good-people-not/) [Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/) [Arrogance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arrogance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/margaret-deland-7843_arrogance_there-s-one-thing-that-always-interests_2364683.png) > [... there must be reserves -- except with God. The human soul is solitary. But for confession that is different; justice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-deland/there-must-be-reserves-except-with-god-the-human-soul-is-solitary-but/) [Margaret Deland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/) [Confession](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confession/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/margaret-deland-7843_confession_there-must-be-reserves-except-with-god-t_2001077.png) ## Margaret Deland by topic [Love (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/margaret-deland/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-deland/#itemlist", "name": "Margaret Deland Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? 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