Margaret Deland
Margaret Deland
Margaret Delandwas an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She also wrote an autobiography in two volumes. She is generally considered part of the literary realism movement...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 February 1857
ministry clergy matrimony
the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!
christmas years soul
Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.
people arrogance doubt
There's one thing that always interests me about you good people, not your certainty that the rest of us are swine, - no doubt we are, - but your certainty that your opinions are pearls.
sorry world heavy-things
Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.
godly soul wicked
... in a wicked way, it is an incentive to good living to observe the spice of enjoyment there is to a godly soul in a very little sin.
listening fool embarrassment
There is no embarrassment quite like the embarrassment of listening to a person for whom one has a regard making a fool of himself.
weakness ridiculous ends
Absurdity is the one thing love can't stand; it can overlook anything else, -- coldness, or weakness, or viciousness, -- but just be ridiculous and that's the end of it!
spiritual believe mind
Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!
fear liars names
if you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear ...
faith believe heart
faith, it seems to me, is not the holding of certain dogmas; it is simply openness and readiness of heart to believe any truth which God may show.
spiritual sacrifice self
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
anger casts wells
anger as well as love casts out fear ...
successful self cobwebs
To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.
anger people quality
The anger of slow, mild, loving people has a lasting quality that mere bad-tempered folk cannot understand.