Phyllis Bottome

“If you have a sorrow that you cannot tell to anyone, you can tell it to the wind.”

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”

“Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence.”

“When you are in love you want to tell the world.”

“There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties or you alter yourself to meet them.”

“Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.”

“The thing that is incredible is life itself.”

“The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.”

“Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure.”

“A secret is a weapon and a friend.”

“It is better to have a right to things than to have things.”

“Life is a dangerous thing.”

“It's no good being clever if you're not kind.”