“As I do not live in an age when rustling black skirts billow about me, and I do not carry an ebony stick to strike the floor in sharp rebuke, as this is denied me, I rap out a sentence in my note book and feel better. If a grandmother wants to put her foot down, the only safe place to do it these days is in a note book.” IfsWantFeelsBookAgeBlackFeetSafeSticksNotesRapSentencesStrikesThese DaysGrandmotherDeniedFeel BetterSkirtsRebukeSafe PlacesNote Book Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“I wonder if living alone makes one more alive. No precious energy goes in disagreement or compromise. No need to augment others, there is just yourself, just truth - a morsel - and you.” IfsNeedsEnergyWonderAliveSolitudeCompromiseDisagreementSinglesLiving Alone Book:Measure of My Days Source: Measure of My Days
“Our age is so gregarious that there is at present a marked prejudice against anyone being alone. It is looked down on, and a need to be alone is almost considered a fault, a weakness, as though if one cannot endure - more - enjoy being with other people every minute one is aloof, unreal, and somehow to be pitied.” PeopleIfsNeedsAgeEnjoyMinutesSolitudeWeaknessPrejudiceFaultsEndureUnrealAloofGregariousSociability Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell
“In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating . . .” IfsWayWellsExistenceOur LivesEmptyEmptinessAnother WayElevatingNon Existence 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
“I want to tell people approaching and perhaps fearing old age that it is a time of discovery. If they say "Of what?" I can only answer "We must find out for ourselves, otherwise it wouldn't be discovery."” PeopleIfsWantI CanAgeAnswersDiscoveryAgingOld Age Author:Florida Scott-Maxwell