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1 " It would be much easier to entertain the Queen Mother, who is really grand, than a woman like Lady Fotheringay Massington who only thinks she’s grand . . . and it would much more pleasant. "
― D.E. Stevenson , Katherine's Marriage (The Marriage of Katherine, #2)
2 " People who have suffered a great deal of unhappiness through death or loneliness are often beset by the fear of losing their dear ones. "
3 " It is wonderful to be happy, but to know you are happy is absolute bliss. "
4 " It's unfortunate that we've got to go home tomorrow but it isn't a major disaster." Alec tried to smile. "It will be all the same a hundred years hence—is that what you mean?""It will all be the same a year hence," she replied. "Let's face the disappointment as cheerfully as we can and think of what we must do. We shall have to start early tomorrow morning so we had better stop at Dugal's cottage on the way back to the cave and give them the food...."Alec watched her. Yes, this was the proper way to treat a disappointment: to accept it and get on with the job. He thought of his sister—she was very much on his mind at the moment—Zilla would have moaned and groaned and bewailed her fate and made herself and everybody else miserable. He said, more cheerfully, "I'll go and get the car. "
5 " I had nothing to fall back on, so the smallest accident was a major disaster. "
6 " Have you ever noticed how a very small thing can give you an enormous amount of pleasure? You don't know why it should; but it just—just makes you happy. "
7 " Not at all, I’m most interested.” He was deeply interested; he had heard most of this story from Miss Wentworth, but by no means all. Besides, he was not averse to hearing it from a different angle; his legal training and experience had shown him the desirability of hearing a story from as many angles as possible. "
