Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reedwas an American author, poet, journalist, and philanthropist. She wrote a number of bestsellers and even published a series of cookbooks under the pseudonym Olive Green...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 September 1874
CountryUnited States of America
thinking way yoke
Before, you think of it as a permanent bond of happiness; later, you see that it is a yoke, borne unequally. You marry to keep love, but sometimes that is the surest way to lose it.
effort church violent
[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.
punishment law may
Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.
years bitterness sometimes
... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.
song world
... the song of the world is all of love.
death people virtue
Death is the advertisement, at the end of an autobiography, wherein people discover its virtues.
art circumstances ifs
Art, if it is art, will develop in whatever circumstances it is placed.
issues way littles
Making an issue of a little thing is one of the surest ways to spoil happiness.
revolution evolution
Revolution is obstructed evolution.
dream world built
Nothing in the world was ever built without a dream at the beginning.
turns corners uncertainty
when you can't see straight ahead, it's because you're about to turn a corner.
lying book world
Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there.
negative morality conventions
The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you're conventional, you'll be good, in a negative sense, of course.
vanity people details
It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.