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...
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.
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.
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.