Difficult times Quote by Beth Fantaskey

“...too much time spent with books had not fitted her to be easy with herself, and other people.”

— Jo Baker

“large part of her simplicity consisted in determining not to want what she could not have with ease. So”

— James Baldwin

“...there was an impatience in her tone, almost an accusation, as she added that academics were not intellectuals; they were not curious, they built…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Her mind was less difficult to develop.”

— Jane Austen

“She was stubborn. She was evolving. She needed SOLITUDE like normal people needed exercise.”

— Jake Vander-Ark

“She belonged to that rare and objectionable species, the intellectual snob devoid of intellect.”

— Nancy Mitford

“Too clever and competent. That is why she has no patience with men.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“She seemed determined to be human also; to like people, even though they were stupid.”

— Virginia Woolf

“But while her world was soft and comfortable, offering everything I could ever want, it all came too easy. There was something to be…

— Alyson Noel

“The girl was in fact so patient with the old lady that she had not yet noticed that she was never given an opportunity…

— Charles Williams

“...her patience was, perhaps, tired out; for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.”

— Henry Fielding

“She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain,…

— Thomas Harris