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Phyllis McGinley Quotes: A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a college dance.
         

A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a college dance.


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A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.



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Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to give men their freedom.



Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.



Those wearing Tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Those wearing Tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.



A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you.

A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you.



Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.



Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.



Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhound until they are returned.

Borrow my umbrellas, my clothes, my money, and I will likely not think of them again. But borrow my books and I will be on your track like a bloodhound until they are returned.



In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.



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Stir the eggnog, lift the toddy, Happy New Year everybody.





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The gazing populace receive greedily, without examination, whatever soothes superstition and promotes wonder.



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God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else.



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We don't think that someone who effectuates creative suicide and costs the company revenue should be on the lot.



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