Quote by Rumer Godden Download Open image ““Funny,' said Harriet to herself. 'The world goes on turning, and it has all these troubles in it.”” — Rumer Godden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“In good company your thoughts run, in solitude your thought is still; it goes deeper and makes for itself a deeper groove, delves. Delve… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs. — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience. — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends. — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
“Towards four o'clock the dew fell, and she smelled a gust of sweetness from the roses and a paleness showed in the sky to… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
“My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess. We are suffocating our spirits in commercial… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
“Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound, a sentence or a happening that does not pass… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear,… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
With everything that happens to you, with everyone you meet who is important to you, you either die a little or are born. — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image