Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman Quotes
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Cats love one so much - more than they will allow. But they have so much wisdom they keep it to themselves.
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Every builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet.
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When a man or a woman holds fast to youth, even if successfully, there is something of the pitiful and the tragic involved. It is the everlasting struggle of the soul to retain the joy of earth, whose fleeing distinguishes it from heaven, and whose retention is not accomplished without an inner knowledge of its futility.
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No matter how tired or wretched I am, a pussycat sitting in a doorway can divert my mind.
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The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied.
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sometimes duties act on the soul like weeds on a flower. They crowd it out.
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Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it.
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The dog without his master was like a body without a soul.
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Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors.
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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
- Born: October 31, 1852
- Died: March 13, 1930
- Occupation: Author
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