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
privilege conflict claims
... when personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the privilege of resigning it.
manners incompatibility truthfulness
as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.
gossip feelings faults
by some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed ...
war lying
there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.
years habit break
the attempt to break a habit of years is necessarily experimental.
war hate people
War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.
knowing bully weakness
weakness is a great bully without knowing it ...
expected ifs pints
A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.
dream desire alive
One must desire something to be alive.
names desire satisfaction
One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.
genius difficult difficult-days
You can't have genius without patience.
inspiration feels
As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.
men judging might
I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.
army looks
Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.