Ruth Draper
Ruth Draper
Ruth Draperwas an American actress, dramatist and noted diseuse who specialized in character-driven monologues and monodrama. Her best-known pieces include The Italian Lesson, Three Women and Mr. Clifford, Doctors and Diets, and A Church in Italy...
came generally great luck poor
And as for my poor Glubjullas, they never came up at all! . . . I can't think why, because I generally have great luck with my Glubjullas.
cures interested mass organized people perfectly sees thirty thousand treat
You see -- he's got a perfectly new idea. He never sees his patients. He's not interested in individuals, he prefers to treat a crowd. And he's organized these mass cures . . . And he cures thirty thousand people every Thursday.
artists brave canvas kept paint rough sea
Aren't the artists brave to go out and paint a sea as rough as that? I don't see how he kept his canvas dry.
compare garden last looking matter rather sorry
As a matter of fact, you know I am rather sorry you should see the garden now, because, alas! it is not looking at its best. Oh, it doesn't compare to what it was last year.
sensitive-person said type
He said I was the most sensitive person he had ever seen- that I belonged to the hyper-hyper type and we rarely survive!
life wonderful too-short
Life is too wonderful, too full, too short and strength too limited to contain its wonder.
children eye perspective
Try to look at everything through the eyes of a child.
enthusiasm awareness ends
Courage, enthusiasm, awareness -- if only one can keep these to the end.
healing love-is giving
... accepting and feeling sympathy and love is not so healing as giving it.
long goes-on life-is
... as long as we go on loving and working life is worth while.
success want trouble
the trouble with success is - it takes all your time. And you can't do the things you really want to do!
memories wealth
all my wealth is in my memories.