The Face of a Stranger
Anne Perry
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Too many women waste their lives grieving because they do not have something other people tell them they should want. Whether you are happy or not depends to some degree upon outward circumstances, but mostly it depends how you choose to look at things yourself, whether you measure what you have or what you have not.”
“Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are. I have heard you say 'If I were you, I would do this, or that.' 'I' am never 'you'--and my solutions may not be yours.”
“Whether you are happy or not depends to some degree upon outward circumstances, but mostly it depends how you choose to look at things yourself, whether you measure what you have or what you have not.”
“God! I hate clever women!” She froze for an instant before the reply was on her lips. “I love clever men!” Her eyes raked him up and down. “It seems we are both to be disappointed.”
“Before you pity yourself, take a great deal closer look at others, and then decide with who you would or could change places and what sacrifice of your nature you would be prepared to make in order to do so.”
“do not walk slowly simply for company—ever.”
“The imagination conjures so many things, and one feels the pain of them all, until one knows.”
“Remember, my dear, you are dealing with the world as it is, not as you believe, maybe rightly, that it ought to be.”
“Her happiness swept the house in a whirlwind; her misery wrapped it in a purple gloom.”
“Be aware that you can truly help people only by aiding them to become what they are, not what you are.”
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advice-for-daily-living, human-nature, pity, happiness-life
