"She tried to act as though it were……" — Maud Hart Lovelace

"She tried to act as though it were nothing to go to the library alone. But her happiness betrayed her. Her smile could not be restrained, and it spread from her tightly pressed mouth, to her round cheeks, almost to the hair ribbons tied in perky bows over her ears."

— Maud Hart Lovelace

Act Quotes Almost Quotes Alone Quotes Betrayed Quotes Betrayed Her Quotes Bows Quotes Cheeks Quotes Ears Quotes From Quotes Go Quotes Hair Quotes Hair Ribbons Quotes Happiness Quotes Her Ears Quotes Her Happiness Quotes Her Round Quotes Her Smile Quotes Her Tightly Quotes Library Quotes Library Alone Quotes Mouth Quotes Mouths Quotes Nothing Quotes Over Quotes Perky Quotes Pressed Quotes Restrained Quotes Ribbons Quotes Round Quotes Round Cheeks Quotes She Tried Quotes Smile Quotes Spread Quotes Tied Quotes Tightly Quotes Tightly Pressed Quotes Tried Quotes

23 Quotes by Maud Hart Lovelace

Maud Hart Lovelace has 23 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 23 quotes by Maud Hart Lovelace »

More Act Quotes

This quote is filed under Act Quotes, one of 8,447 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

See all 8,447 Act Quotes »