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A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8) QUOTES

A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8) QUOTES

1 " Wolfgang von Goethe:"A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

2 " Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days.” When she "

― Jacqueline Winspear , A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

3 " she would have been disappointed if he had not demonstrated such idealism, for he was yet to reach twenty-one; youth without optimism, without a strong sense of the possible, would represent a very sad state of affairs. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

4 " Theirs was a laughter fueled not by pressure from others, nor by alcohol or the whims of a partying crowd, but by a certain optimism that, even in the midst of the difficult times in which they lived, they had grasped a sense of possibility before it slipped through their fingers. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

5 " corridors of power are littered with Fascist leanings; anything to save the upper classes through disenfranchisement of the common man while allowing the common man to think you’re on his side. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

6 " (a statement someone makes to Maisie regarding attitudes prior to WWII):
"...the corridors of power are littered with Fascist leanings; anything to save the upper classes through disenfranchisement of the common man while allowing the common man to think you're on his side. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

7 " Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days. "

― Jacqueline Winspear , A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)