I much prefer whining to counting my blessings. Mary Ann Shaffer More Quotes by Mary Ann Shaffer More Quotes From Mary Ann Shaffer I am to cover the philosophical side of the debate and so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga. Mary Ann Shaffer philosophicalreadingsides She is one of those ladies who is more beautiful at sixty than she could possibly have been at twenty. (how I hope someone says that about me someday)! Mary Ann Shaffer somedaytwentiesbeautiful Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I'll show you a man who hates his neighbours more! He'd have to – you wouldn't grant anyone else something you can't have for yourself – no love, no kindness, no respect! Mary Ann Shaffer hatekindnessmen I don't want to be married just to be married. Mary Ann Shaffer being-marriedmarriedwant Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about cookery and writes useful hints - "When adding eggs, break the shells first. Mary Ann Shaffer girlwritingbook Think of it! We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it. Mary Ann Shaffer goneforeverthinking He had no imagination either-fatal for one engaged in child-rearing Mary Ann Shaffer child-rearingimaginationchildren What a blight that woman is. Do you happen to know why? I lean toward a malignant fairy at her christening. Mary Ann Shaffer christeningblightfairy What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there were better love stories around? Stories not riddled with ill-adjusted men, anguish, death and graveyards! Mary Ann Shaffer prejudicepridemen The first rule of snooping is to come at it sideways. Mary Ann Shaffer snoopingsidewaysfirsts Now that I think about it, maybe he is a werewolf. I can picture him lunging over the moors in hot pursuit of his prey, and I'm certain that he wouldn't think twice about eating an innocent bystander. I'll watch him closely at the next full moon. He's asked me to go dancing tomorrow--perhaps I should wear a high collar. Oh, that's vampires, isn't it? I think I am a little giddy. (After meeting Mr. Markham V. Reynolds, Jr.) Mary Ann Shaffer bystandersmoonthinking I believe I am becoming pathetic. I'll go further, I believe that I am in love with a flower-growing, wood-carving quarryman/carpenter/pig farmer. In fact, I know I am. Perhaps tomorrow I will become entirely miserable at the thought that he doesn't love me back - may, even, care for Remy- but at this precise moment I am succumbing to euphoria. My head and stomach feel quite odd. Mary Ann Shaffer flowerpigsbelieve I, too, have felt that the war goes on and on. When my son, Ian, died at El Alamein-- side by side with... visitors offering their condolences, thinking to comfort me, said, "Life goes on." What nonsense, I thought, of course it doesn't. It's death that goes on; Ian is dead now and will be dead tomorrow and nexe year and forever. There's no end to that. But perhaps there will be an end to the sorrow of it. Mary Ann Shaffer condolenceswarson I don’t know whether to feel flattered or hunted. Mary Ann Shaffer huntedknowsfeels Do you arrange your books alphabetically? (I hope not.) Mary Ann Shaffer book All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot. Mary Ann Shaffer herolovelying Women like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass. Mary Ann Shaffer greaseearsgrass
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