“What fun it is to generalize in the privacy of a note book. It is as I imagine waltzing on ice might be. A great delicious sweep in one direction, taking you your full strength, and then with no trouble at all, an equally delicious sweep in the opposite direction. My note book does not help me think, but it eases my crabbed heart.” ThinkingHeartDoeBookHelpingMightFunImagineTroubleOppositesNotesIceEaseHelp MePrivacyDeliciousOne DirectionJournalingNote Book Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“It sometimes looks as though woman would not be woman unless man insisted upon it, since she tends so markedly to be just a human being when away from men, and only on their approach does she begin to play her required role.” MenHumansLooksDoeSometimesPlayWomenHuman BeingsRolesApproach Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“Order, cleanliness, seemliness make a structure that is half support, half ritual, and - if it does not create it - maintains decency.” IfsDoeOrderHalfSupportStructureRitualDishesDecencyCleanliness Book:Measure of My Days Source: Measure of My Days
“Life does not acommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.” DoeWould BeValuesMoralEthicsSeedsAccommodateContainersFruition Book:Measure of My Days Source: Measure of My Days
“The enchantment of the sky, ever changing beauty almost ignored. Beyond words, without fixed form, not to be understood, or stated. It ravished away dullness, worry, even pain. It graces life when nothing else does. It is the first marvel of the day. Even when leaden grey it is still a friend, withdrawn for a time.” FirstsDoeStillsPainFormWorryGraceSkyUnderstoodFixedIgnoredGreyEnchantmentDullness Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell