Memory is the only friend of grief.

- Rumer Godden

For a dyed-in-the-wool author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. ... She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.

- Rumer Godden

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bl…

- Rumer Godden

In good company your thoughts run, in solitude your thought is still ... In talk your mind can be stretched, widened, exhilarated to heights, but it …

- Rumer Godden

When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.

- Rumer Godden

Wanting is the beginning of getting.

- Rumer Godden

Once you have felt the Indian dust, you will never be free of it.

- Rumer Godden

Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.

- Rumer Godden

As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savoring such things as the…

- Rumer Godden