Mary Norton quotes
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“Misfortunes make us wise.”
-- Mary NortonSource : Mary Norton (2001). “The Borrowers Afield”
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“I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.”
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“Stories never really end. They can go on and on and on. It's just that sometimes, at a certain point, one stops telling them.”
-- Mary NortonSource : Mary Norton (1989). “The Borrowers”, Sandpiper
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“Human beans are for Borrowers—like bread’s for butter!”
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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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Source : Adam Clarke (1820). “Clavis Biblica; or, a Compendium of Scriptural Knowledge; containing a general view of the contents of the Old and New Testaments ... originally drawn up for the instruction of Two Teerunanxies, or High Priests of Budhoo, from the Island of Ceylon”, p.48
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“The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.”
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