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Gloria Whelan, born on November 23, 1923, is a renowned poet whose works are celebrated for their profound emotions and rich imagination.

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Famous Gloria Whelan Quotes

“I knew then that Grandfather had forgiven me and that I would have a home, but something inside me was sorry that once again I would lose Rachel Sheridan.”

Regret Pardon Choix

Book:Listening for Lions

Source: Listening for Lions

“He saw my confusion and led me a slow, stately march to the library. There were shelves all the way around the room, and every shelf was crowed with books. I had not thought so many books existed.[...] There was a desk, several big leather chairs, a wooden floor covered with faded rugs, and in front of the fireplace a sofa with soft pillows. The shelves stopped several feet short of the ceiling, leaving room for a row of busts of what I imagined must be famous gentlemen. Lamps cast little pools light in the room, and the sound and smell of the fire reminded me of the fires the Kikuyu would make outside theirs huts when they roasted goats.”

Knowledge Dreams Books Library Serenity Shelves Reverie

Book:Listening for Lions

Source: Listening for Lions

“I told them how our nurses and Father's assistant were africans. "They don't boil missionaries," I told them, my face red with anger. "They save lives and they are a whole lot smarter than the stupid, silly girls who drew that pictures.”

Emotions Colère

Book:Listening for Lions

Source: Listening for Lions

“I could see the longing in your eyes.”

Feelings Emotions Souvenirs

Book:Listening for Lions

Source: Listening for Lions

“But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?" "I'll make time," I promised. "The house will not always be so clean, the cooking may be a little hasty, and the whining children will sit on my lap and I'll sing to them while I work.”

May Children Littles Care House Cooking Clean Cooks Meals Lap Whining Making Time Hasty

Author:Gloria Whelan

“It is hard to give up what you know for what you don’t know.”

Knows Giving Hard Giving Up

Book:Angel on the Square

Source: Angel on the Square

“People long to go backward in their imagination as well as forward. We don't wish simply to exist forever in some future; we wish to have existed in some distant past.”

People Wells Long Past Wish Imagination Forever

Book:Parade of Shadows

Source: Parade of Shadows

“I liked having some time to myself. Our family was such a close one, you could get smothered. Of course, we didn't always agree with one another. Sometimes I quarreled with my brother and sisters, but I couldn't remember hating anyone for more than five minutes.”

Sometimes Remember Hate Courses Five Minutes Brother Agree Our Family My Brother Brothers And Sisters Five Minutes Getting Along

Book:Summer of the War

Source: Summer of the War

“I felt as if I had no control over what I said, as if loathsome, ugly words were waiting inside me like snakes and toads looking for a chance to sneak out before I could stop them.”

Ifs Said Felt Waiting Chance Ugly Snakes Sneak Toads

Author:Gloria Whelan

“They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned to change the world.”

Ifs World Book Talking Brilliant Changing The World

Author:Gloria Whelan

“I couldn’t live with myself if I thought nothing could get better.”

Ifs Get Better

Book:All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens

Source: All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens

“You're making yourself too important. Guilt comes from feeling we're at the center of the universe. We're not.”

Important Feelings Universe Guilt Center Of The Universe

Author:Gloria Whelan

“I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.”

Littles Understood

Author:Gloria Whelan

“But what doesn’t die is the love we give to others. There is no end to that.”

Giving Ends Dies

Book:Small Acts of Amazing Courage

Source: Small Acts of Amazing Courage

“I looked forward to making friends at school, but I had come late and friendships had already been formed. I couldn’t find my way into their world. They seemed to have a secret code I couldn’t decipher.”

World Way School Secret Late My Way Code Making Friends Decipher

Author:Gloria Whelan

“I find having your own car is like a passport to the world.”

World Car Passports

Author:Gloria Whelan

“Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball.”

Looks Team Bird Balls Woods Pursuit Violent Wander Helpless Recreation

Author:Gloria Whelan

About the Author

Born: November 23, 1923
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 17

Books & Sources

Listening for LionsRelated source material

All My Noble Dreams and Then What HappensRelated source material

Angel on the SquareRelated source material

Parade of ShadowsRelated source material

Small Acts of Amazing CourageRelated source material

Summer of the WarRelated source material

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