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Eleanor Perenyi Quotes:

Ocupation: Author

Life: January 4, 1918 - May 3, 2009

Birthday: January 4

Death: May 3

It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn't a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing.

- Eleanor Perenyi

source: Eleanor Perenyi (2010). “Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden”, p.65, Modern Library

topic: Ignorance, Character, Garden, What Did I Do Wrong

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