Something new Quote by Maud Hart Lovelace

“I'm finished with something, but I'm not beginning anything. That's wrong. When you finish something, you ought always to begin something new.”

Maud Hart Lovelace

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The silence in the room had width, height, depth, mass and substance.

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“A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.”

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“...the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say - Mr. Ray, Heaven to Betsy”

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Betsy. The great war is on but I hope ours is over. Please come home. Joe.

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