Myrtle Reed

The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing…

— Myrtle Reed

In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that, if we…

— Myrtle Reed

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

— Myrtle Reed

each separate flower has a magic all its own.

— Myrtle Reed

[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those…

— Myrtle Reed

I've just washed my hair and I can't do a thing with it!

— Myrtle Reed

At twenty, men love woman; at thirty, a woman; and at forty, women.

— Myrtle Reed

When the years bring wisdom, one learns to leave many problems to their own working out.

— Myrtle Reed

It is possible for a spinster to be disappointed in lovers, but only the married are ever disappointed in love.

— Myrtle Reed

The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have.

— Myrtle Reed

There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.

— Myrtle Reed

When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security.

— Myrtle Reed

Fortunately age does not affect literature. After a man is dead, he may continue in the business and often rank higher than…

— Myrtle Reed

I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is…

— Myrtle Reed

The heart's seasons seldom coincide with the calendar. Who among us has not been made desolate beyond all words upon some golden…

— Myrtle Reed

Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in…

— Myrtle Reed

it always seems to me as if the lavender was a little woman in a green dress, with a lavender bonnet and…

— Myrtle Reed

Before, you think of it as a permanent bond of happiness; later, you see that it is a yoke, borne unequally. You…

— Myrtle Reed

Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you…

— Myrtle Reed

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

— Myrtle Reed

Nothing in the world was ever built without a dream at the beginning.

— Myrtle Reed

... no matter how one's heart aches, one can do the necessary things and do them well.

— Myrtle Reed

A book, unlike any other friend, will wait, not only upon the hour but upon the mood.

— Myrtle Reed

There are many people who consider love a dream, but they usually grow to think of marriage as the cold breakfast.

— Myrtle Reed

As if by magic, the love of the many comes with the love of the one.

— Myrtle Reed