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Mary Lavin Quotes

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story.

I don’t think I would ever want to be a writer of detective stories - but I would like to be a detective and there is a large deal of detection in the short story.

Mary Lavin
Thinking, Insightful, Stories

Her theme was happiness: what it was; what it was not; where we might find it, where not; and how, if found, it must be guarded. Never must we confound it with pleasure. Nor think sorrow its exact opposite.

Mary Lavin
Happiness, Thinking, Opposites
Mary Lavin (1981). “Selected stories”, Viking Pr

"Take my own father! You know what he said in his last moments? On his deathbed, he defied me to name a man who had enjoyed a better life. In spite of the dreadful pain, his face radiated happiness," said Mother, nodding her head comfortably. "Happiness drives out pain, as fire burns out fire."

Mary Lavin
Happiness, Mother, Pain
Mary Lavin (1970). “Happiness, and other stories”, Constable & Company Limited

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