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Phyllis McGinley was an American author known for her humorous and warm-hearted prose. Her works often revolve around the theme of daily life, winning widespread acclaim for their unique perspective and profound insight.

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Famous Phyllis McGinley Quotes

“God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul.”

Knows Needs Humans Soul Mother Mom Aspect Brave Tolerance Flexibility Fortitude God Knows Human Soul Firmness

Author:Phyllis McGinley

“God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness. It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is useful to the point of necessity when they are adolescents.”

Knows Needs Humans Children Soul Enough Seems Happens Mother Parent Women Virtue Aspect Praise Brave Motherhood Tolerance Flexibility Fortitude God Knows Human Soul Firmness

Author:Phyllis McGinley

“This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.”

Knows Giving Advice Self Control Foe Gist

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“Marriage is a lot of things-an alliance, a sacrament, a comedy, or a mistake; but it is definitely not a partnership because that implies equal gain. And every right-thinking woman knows the profit in matrimony is by all odds hers.”

Thinking Knows Mistake Marriage Comedy Equal Gains Profit Partnership Odds Sacraments Alliances Matrimony

Book:The province of the heart

Source: The province of the heart

“I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is a myth willfully fostered and nourished by certain semi-scientists and other fiction writers. And it has done more, I suspect, to unsettle marital happiness than any other false doctrine of this myth-ridden age.”

Knows Firsts Done Age Certain Fiction Scientist Myth Doctrine Suspects Fiction Writers

Book:The province of the heart

Source: The province of the heart

About the Author

Born: March 21, 1905
Died: February 22, 1978
Known for: Author
Quotes: 106

Books & Sources

The province of the heartRelated source material

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A Short Walk from the StationRelated source material

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Stones from a glass house: new poems by Phyllis McGinleyRelated source material

Wonders and surprises: a collection of poemsRelated source material

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