Top 8 Quotes by Margaret Landon

Most people do not see the world as it is. They see it as they are

Most people do not see the world as it is. They see it as they are

Margaret Landon

People, World

She sat still, trying to hush her secret heart.

Margaret Landon

Heart, Secret, Trying

Margaret Landon (2016). “Anna and the King of Siam”, p.19, Open Road Media

Maybe selflessness was only selfishness on another level.

Margaret Landon

Selfishness, Levels, Selflessness

Margaret Landon (1945). “Anna and the King of Siam”

If love was a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?

Margaret Landon

Pain, Choices, Exquisite

I gaze upon the thousand stars That fill the midnight sky; And wish, so passionately wish, A light like theirs on high. I have such eagerness of hope To benefit my kind; I feel as if immortal power Were given to my mind.

Margaret Landon

Stars, Light, Sky

That roads are for journeys, ma'am, not destinations

Margaret Landon

Journey, Destination, Roads And Journeys

To give an answer in advance of a question was futile, and to propound a question in order to supply the answer was also futile. There were difficulties that could best be met by unawareness of their existence.

Margaret Landon

Ignorance, Order, Giving