Quotes from Margaret Deland

One must desire something to be alive: perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.

there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.

When did Youth ever thank Age for its wisdom?

Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom and the experience that worketh hope.

Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.

a manufactured interest has no staying quality - especially if it involves any hard work.

One must desire something to be alive.

a great moment raises most of the people who experience it, to its own level; and that is why they do not always recognize its greatness - or their own.

With finger on her solemn lip, Night hushed the shadowy earth.

One must desire something to be alive.

... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.