“It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute's delay or advance.” LittlesDoeSometimesWholePastTurnsDestinyFateMinutesAwfulWheelsDelayGlimpseMachineryOur DestinyTurn-on Book:Catherine. Little travels The Fitz-Boodle papers, etc. etc Source: Catherine. Little travels The Fitz-Boodle papers, etc. etc
“What is so nice & so unexpected about life is the way it improves as it goes along. I think you should impress this fact on your children because I think young people have an awful feeling that life is slipping past them & they must do something - catch something - they don't quite know what, whereas they've only got to wait & it all comes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLifeShouldChildrenFactsFeelingsPastYoungLife IsWaitingNiceOur ChildrenAwfulYour ChildrenUnexpectedImpressSlipping Book:Love from Nancy: the letters of Nancy Mitford Source: Love from Nancy: the letters of Nancy Mitford