Life justified itself. It might be cruel, treacherous, ironic, but it was life, and pain was as much a part of it as joy. Sheila Kaye-Smith More Quotes by Sheila Kaye-Smith More Quotes From Sheila Kaye-Smith I am old enough to see how little I have done in so much time, and how much I have to do in so little. Sheila Kaye-Smith done age littles The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough. Sheila Kaye-Smith majority enough god Spring was coming back with the old promise, demanding the old sacrifice. Sheila Kaye-Smith sacrifice spring promise The great question of all choosers and adventurers is 'Was it worth while?' - and whatever else you may expect of life, don't expect an answer to that. Sheila Kaye-Smith answers may adventure Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they talkies, but they are quite distinctly feelies. Sheila Kaye-Smith talkies childhood has-beens A novel which has been too much worked over often goes flat, and no amount of laborious revision can take the place of careful planning beforehand. Sheila Kaye-Smith revision planning too-much It was one of the late Conservative Government's gestures towards agriculture -- graceful as a kiss, and of about as much use. Sheila Kaye-Smith agriculture kissing government