Mary Abigail Dodge Inspirational Quotes (8)

Love me, and tell me so sometimes.

One ought not to write for money, but I consider it a first duty after one has written to exact the highest possible price. It is not a matter which concerns only the writer, but all writers.

There is generally no such thing as duty to the people who do it. They simply take life as it comes, meeting, not, shirking its demands, whether pleasant or unpleasant and that is pretty much all there is of it.

Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.

What's virtue in a man can't be virtue in a cat.

Men as yet need some help to their imagination. There remains still room for a little illusion. It is better for men, it is better for women, that each somewhat idealize the other. Much is lost when life has lost its atmosphere, and is reduced to naked fact.

People cry out, and deplore the unremunerative employment of woman. The true want is the other way. Women really trained, and capable of good work, can command any wages or salaries.