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There is no place in the world, I imagine, for a philosopher with a sense of humor, a new leisure, and an inquiring turn of mind!
Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 12
Died: 1958
Died: September 22
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the calm of a place like Bellwood is the peace of death without the hope of resurrection.
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A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it's all over.
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I suppose that we are only young, Chris, so long as we can forget. After that we merely remember!
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There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger.
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[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.
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Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.
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When a great burden is lifted, the relief is not always felt at once. The galled places still ache.
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From class consciousness to class hatred was but a step.
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