“I wasn't offering her pity," Mrs. Caswell said impatiently. "Tragedies don't interest me, tragedies and heartbreaks are all alike, what matters is how a person meets them, how they survive them. Given the inevitability of losses and disappointments in life, that's where the challenge is and the uniqueness. I was offering her sympathy.”
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Dorothy Gilman was an American writer renowned for her children's literature. Her works are characterized by humor and imagination, enjoying great popularity among readers of all ages. more
“Fundamental belief consoled him for superficial irony.”
“The ones who move gently through the world leave deeper footprints than the ones who shout.”
“Sometimes I wake up with such an immense sense of disappointment that I can hardly breathe.”
“You will never come up against a greater adversary than your own potential.”