“...at last she drew on her gloves, straightened her hat, and went away with that odd self-possession which seems to characterize all the older women of the Crescent. Time takes its toll of them, death and tragedy come inevitably, but they face the world with quiet faces and unbroken dignity.”
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer known for her suspense novels. She is considered a pioneer in the genre of detective fiction and is often referred to as the 'Mother of Detective Fiction'. more
“The gentleman is dignified but not arrogant. The small man is arrogant but not digified”
“People who go through life smiling miss out on the dignity of sorrow”