If we all tried to make other people's paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on. Myrtle Reed More Quotes by Myrtle Reed More Quotes From Myrtle Reed The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain. Myrtle Reed painsouljoy I've just washed my hair and I can't do a thing with it! Myrtle Reed i-canhair Some women are born to be married, some achieve marriage, and others have marriage thrust upon them. Myrtle Reed marriedbornachieve it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs. Myrtle Reed guestshousepeople As if by magic, the love of the many comes with the love of the one. Myrtle Reed magicifs A man likes to feel that he is loved, a woman likes to be told. Myrtle Reed likesfeelsmen After the door of a woman's heart has once swung on its silent hinges, a man thinks he can prop it open with a brick and go away and leave it. Myrtle Reed heartmenthinking Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air. Myrtle Reed orchidsairlove-is It is possible for a spinster to be disappointed in lovers, but only the married are ever disappointed in love. Myrtle Reed disappointed-lovemarriedlovers The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer sun. Barriers may be built across its path, but they bring only power, as the conquering of an obstacle is always sure to do. Sometimes when the rocks and stone-clad hills loom large ahead, and eternity itself would be needed to carve a passage, there is an easy way around. The discovery of it makes the river sing with gladness and turns the murmurous deeps to living water, bright with ripples and foam. Myrtle Reed rockssummerrivers The only way to win happiness is to give it. The more we give, the more we have. Myrtle Reed winninghappinessgiving Home is a place where we all do as we please - usually regardless of the others. Myrtle Reed pleasehome One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal. Myrtle Reed saladdinnerguests If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy. Myrtle Reed kindearthfirsts Love and hate always remember; it is only indifference that forgets. Myrtle Reed indifferencehateremember Fortunately age does not affect literature. After a man is dead, he may continue in the business and often rank higher than his living competitors. Myrtle Reed agedoemen In every life there is a perfect moment, like a flash of sun. We can shape our days by that, if we will - before by faith, and afterward by memory. Myrtle Reed perfectlive-in-the-momentmemories Pedestals are always lonely. Myrtle Reed pedestallonely Did you ever read a love-letter that wasn't an evidence of idiocy - except your own? Myrtle Reed love-letterevidenceletters There is always one way to make anybody do anything - the trouble is to find it. Myrtle Reed one-waytroubleway
