Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehartwas an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 14 years before Christie's first novel in 1922...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 August 1876
CountryUnited States of America
sight gains infatuation
Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies.
husband ideas age
The only way to make a husband over according to one's ideas ... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four.
humorous men fellows
Men love a joke - on the other fellow. But your really humorous woman loves a joke on herself.
would-be needed adopted
[To her frequently needed plumber:] How would you like to be adopted? I'm sure it would be cheaper.
men house haunted-houses
All houses in which men have lived and suffered and died are haunted houses.
women believe home
I believe that the matter is automatically self-regulating; that those women who prefer the home and have an ability for it will eventually return to it; that others, like myself, will compromise; and that still others, temperamentally unfitted for it, will remain in the world to add to its productivity ...
hair my-family social
my family, although it keeps its hair, turns gray early - a business asset but a social handicap.
fishing brain world
[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain.
age experience generations
What a tragedy it was that the only thing age could offer to youth was its own experience, and that the experiences of others were never profitable.
opportunity equality men
Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result. ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no.
ambition heart romance
there comes a time when ambition ceases to burn, or romance to stir, and the highest cry of the human heart is for peace.
tree mind age
Well, that was life. It was an old tree, and the old passed on. Probably they did not mind. There came a time when all sap ran slowly, and the peace of age with all things behind it merged easily into the peace of death. The difficult thing was to be young.
tragedy world growing
That is the tragedy of growing old, Chris. You don't leave the world. It leaves you.
inspirational adventure perspective
Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!