A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand.
Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they a… - Sheila Kaye-Smith
Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they a…
- Sheila Kaye-Smith
Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy. - Sheila Kaye-Smith
Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy.
A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand. - Sheila Kaye-Smith
I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little. - Sheila Kaye-Smith
I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little.
The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough. - Sheila Kaye-Smith
The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough.
Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice. - Sheila Kaye-Smith
Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice.
The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to tha… - Sheila Kaye-Smith
The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to tha…
It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use. - Sheila Kaye-Smith
It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use.
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