--- title: "4 Roberta Gellis Quotes - Famous Writer (Alinor (The Roselynde Chronicles: Book Two))" description: "Roberta Leah Jacobs Gellis was an American writer of historical fiction, historical romance, and fantasy. She held master's degrees in both biochemistry..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roberta-gellis-80347.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Roberta Gellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roberta-gellis-80347.jpg) # Roberta Gellis (1927–2016) Writer United States **4** quotes in **45** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Roberta Gellis was a writer from the United States, best known for *Alinor (The Roselynde Chronicles: Book Two)*. ## Quick Facts About Roberta Gellis Born January 1, 1927 Died May 6, 2016 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works Alinor (The Roselynde Chronicles: Book Two) ## About Roberta Gellis Roberta Leah Jacobs Gellis was an American writer of historical fiction, historical romance, and fantasy. She held master's degrees in both biochemistry and medieval literature. ## Quotes by Roberta Gellis > [Libraries shelter the spirit, provide food for the mind, and answer the questions raised by the problems of life. They have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberta-gellis/libraries-shelter-the-spirit-provide-food-for-the-mind-and-answer-the/) [Roberta Gellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberta-gellis/) [Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/roberta-gellis-72453_answers_libraries-shelter-the-spirit-provide-foo_111741.jpg) > [Dreaming and hoping won't produce a piece of work; only writing, rewriting and rewriting (if necessary)- a devoted translation of thoughts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberta-gellis/dreaming-and-hoping-won-t-produce-a-piece-of-work-only-writing/) [Roberta Gellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberta-gellis/) [Devoted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devoted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/roberta-gellis-72453_devoted_dreaming-and-hoping-won-t-produce-a-piec_1816201.jpg) > [ “Current "literature" \[is\] well-written books in which disgusting people do disgusting things to other disgusting people for no apparent reason and with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberta-gellis/current-literature-is-well-written-books-in-which-disgusting-people/) [Roberta Gellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberta-gellis/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/roberta-gellis-72453_books_current-literature-is-well-written-books_2352989.jpg) > [“It is too late for me to learn your wisdom in this matter. From the time I knew aught, I have lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roberta-gellis/it-is-too-late-for-me-to-learn-your-wisdom-in-this-matter-from-the/) [Roberta Gellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberta-gellis/) [Bad husband](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-husband/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/roberta-gellis-72453_bad-husband_it-is-too-late-for-me-to-learn-your-wisd_2733035.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roberta-gellis/#itemlist", "name": "Roberta Gellis Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Libraries shelter the spirit, provide food for the mind, and answer the questions raised by the problems of life. 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