Books Quote by Eleanor Roosevelt

“I could help her in her shop, Eleanor thought; she loves beautiful things and I would go with her to find them. We could…

— Shirley Jackson

“You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, and my…

— Maya Angelou

“I have many dead people who talk to me, whisper advice into my ears in the finest of moments. I take their advice in…

— Cyndi Goodgame

Eleanor Roosevelt started off almost every early article she wrote, starting with, "My mother was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen." And I…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

“An Eleanor, she told herself triumphantly, who belongs, who is talking easily, who is sitting by the fire with her friends.”

— Shirley Jackson

She [Eleanor Roosevelt]wants a life of her own. Her grandmother could have been a painter. Her grandmother could have done so much more than…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

“Through the last days of May and the early days of June, Eleanor”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Eleanor Roosevelt's very helpful to a lot of children who cannot speak French, who do not write well. And Marie Souvestre is fierce. She…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her father, unconditionally.…

— Blanche Wiesen Cook

What was really great with Eleanor Roosevelt - I mean, of course, we all have this stereotypical, really satirical almost, version of how she…

— Cynthia Nixon

I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a true humanitarian and champion of Women's Rights…

— Jill Biden

“Happy man once.” “You wish you stayed on the beach with Eleanor?”

— Blake Crouch