“long journeys are strange things: if we were always to continue in the same mind we are in at the end of a journey, we should never stir from the place we were then in: but Providence in kindness to us causes us to forget it. It is much the same with lying-in women. Heaven permits this forgetfulness that the world may be peopled, and that folks may take journeys to Provence.” IfsWorldShouldMindMayLongEndsLyingHeavenCausesForgetKindnessJourneyStrangeTravelFolksPermitProvidenceForget ItForgetfulnessStrange ThingsLong JourneyProvenceEnd Of Journey Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?” JourneyOughtJourney Through Life Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
“. . . long journeys are strange things: if we were always to continue in the same mind we are in at the end of a journey, we should never stir from the place we were then in . . .” IfsShouldMindLongEndsJourneyStrangeStrange ThingsLong JourneyEnd Of Journey Author:Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne