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Dorothy Canfield Fisher quotes

American Author February 17, 1879 – November 9, 1958

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher quote: "Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age,..."
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
If we would give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two week? vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
...there are two ways to meet life; you may refuse to care until indifference becomes a habit, a defensive armor, and you are safe - but bored. Or you can care greatly, live greatly, until life breaks you on its wheel. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
How he loathed his life-long slavery to the clock, that pervasive intimate negative opposed to every spontaneous impulse. "It's the clock that is the nay-sayer to life," he thought Dorothy Canfield Fisher
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Dorothy Canfield Fisher quote: "One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age..."
One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times! Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Dorothy Canfield Fisher quote: "A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make..."
A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnessary. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Dorothy Canfield Fisher quote: "Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled..."
Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Dorothy Canfield Fisher quote: "Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than..."
Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself. Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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