“All mothers love their own children as best they can, according to their temperament and circumstances, and all mothers should have done better, in their children's eyes, when the going gets tough for the children.” ShouldChildrenDoneEyeMotherCircumstancesToughShould HaveTemperamentMother LoveGoing Gets Tough Author:Fay Weldon
“Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.” MatterCircumstancesTemperament Book:The Spinster Book Source: The Spinster Book
“Others make a point of trying to attain the precision and poise they see in those who have the ability to choose from a great number of horses those with [...] qualities found in only a very small number of horses. This leads to a circumstance in which these imitators of such studied poise mortify the spirit of a noble horse, and remove from it all of the goodness of temperament Nature has given it.” TryingSpiritFoundGivenAbilityNumbersQualityCircumstancesGoodnessHorseNobleRemoveTemperamentPrecisionPoiseSmall NumbersImitatorAbility To Choose Author:Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere
“But it was not the room’s disorder which was frightening; it was the fact that when one began searching for the key to this disorder, one realized that it was not to be found in any of the usual places. For this was not a matter of habit or circumstance or temperament; it was a matter of punishment and grief.” MatterFactsFoundRoomsGriefKeysHabitCircumstancesPunishmentDisorderUsualFrighteningTemperament Author:James A. Baldwin