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Rumer Godden was a British author renowned for her contributions to children's literature and adult fiction. Born on December 10, 1907, she spent much of her life in India and Japan, which greatly influenced her writing. Her works often delved into themes of cultural identity and the intricacies of human relationships. She passed away on November 8, 1998.

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“if you think you know, you don't ask questions, or if you ask, you don't listen to the answers. Everyone, everything, each thing, is different, so that it isn't safe to know. You - you have to grope.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Different Asks Answers Safe Curiosity Openness You Think You Know

Book:The Battle of the Villa Fiorita. The Greengage Summer. An Episode of Sparrows

Source: The Battle of the Villa Fiorita. The Greengage Summer. An Episode of Sparrows

“I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I believe in the devil. I have met him.”

Ifs Knows Believe I Believe Mets Devil I Believe In Believe In God I Believe In God

Book:Five For Sorrow, Ten For Joy

Source: Five For Sorrow, Ten For Joy

“If you love the wrong people it's still love, isn't it, no matter what kind of love.”

People Ifs Kind Stills Matter Love Is No Matter What Kinds Of Love

Book:Five For Sorrow, Ten For Joy

Source: Five For Sorrow, Ten For Joy

“The best would be to have friends who came and went away; but if I had to choose between their never coming or never going away, I think I would choose that they do not come.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Solitude Going Away

Book:Rungli-Rungliot means in Paharia, Thus far and no further

Source: Rungli-Rungliot means in Paharia, Thus far and no further

“People don't know the consolations of being unsuccessful ... If I had been successful I should have had no peace or time.”

People Ifs Knows Should Successful Should Have Consolation Success And Failure Unsuccessful

Book:China Court

Source: China Court

“Of course one never knows in draft if it's going to turn out, even with my age and experience.”

Ifs Knows Age Turns Courses Age And Experience

Author:Rumer Godden

“There is an Indian proverb that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emtional, and a spiritual . Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.”

People Ifs Persons Spiritual House Rooms Four Emotional Personality Indian Mentality Completeness Physicality Four Rooms

Author:Rumer Godden

“I suppose the more you have to do, the more you learn to organize and concentrate-or else get fragmented into bits. I have learned to use my 'ten minutes'. I once thought it was not worth sitting down for a time as short as that; now I know differently and, if I have ten minutes, I use them, even if they bring only two lines, and it keeps the book alive.”

Ifs Knows Two Book Use Happiness Bits Lines Alive Minutes Ten Sitting I Have Learned Organize Sitting Down Fragmented

Author:Rumer Godden

“If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.”

Ifs Giving Looks Book Sides Carpet Two Sides Persian Stitches

Author:Rumer Godden

About the Author

Born: December 10, 1907
Died: November 8, 1998
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