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Blanche Willis Howard Quotes

writing, like living, is lonely work.

writing, like living, is lonely work.

Blanche Willis Howard
Lonely, Writing
Blanche Willis Howard (1900). “The Garden of Eden”

Men tell us we are womanly when we love but once. Men! They have told us a lot of things to make life comfortable for themselves.

Blanche Willis Howard
Men, Womanly, Comfortable
Blanche Willis Howard (1900). “The Garden of Eden”

how often I longed to lovingly administer release! ... to have the courage and the right, after the soul is fled, to stop the poor wretched machine, that exists only to suffer and cause suffering.

Blanche Willis Howard
Soul, Suffering, Causes
Blanche Willis Howard (1900). “The Garden of Eden”

A horse to one who loves him is a cure for many ills.

Blanche Willis Howard
Horse, Cures
Blanche Willis Howard (1900). “The Garden of Eden”

We are not here in this world to drift like seaweed. Whatever intelligence we have, it is our duty to drive to the utmost.

Blanche Willis Howard
World, Duty, Seaweed
Blanche Willis Howard (1900). “The Garden of Eden”

It is a low thing to always want to be understood. Let my innocence take care of itself.

Blanche Willis Howard
Justice, Care, Want
Blanche Willis Howard (1900). “The Garden of Eden”

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