Top 7 Quotes by Maude Meagher

There is a special blessing in old clothes, and that aside from their comfort, for which especially they are to be cherished. They confer a kind of anonymity on one who wears them gladly; all their bright places rubbed

There is a special blessing in old clothes, and that aside from their comfort, for which especially they are to be cherished. They confer a kind of anonymity on one who wears them gladly; all their bright places rubbed to a uniform dullness, they achieve an appearance so nearly nondescript that only a close scrutiny could learn that ever they held shape at all.

Maude Meagher

Blessing, Clothes, Special

Maude Meagher (1931). “Fantastic Traveller”

Civilization has developed executive powers far beyond its understanding.

Maude Meagher

Civilization, Understanding, Executive Power

happiness, unlike grief, does not clamor for a chronicler.

Maude Meagher

Happiness, Grief, Doe

creative thought seems prone to flower in symbols before it ripens to fruit.

Maude Meagher

Flower, Creativity, Creative

dreams must not take the place of actual life, nor constitute themselves a cowardly escape from it, but become rather a sanctuary in which the overdriven mind and nerves may take refuge, a country on the outer edge of this confusion, bright with the shadow of eternity beyond.

Maude Meagher

Country, Dream, Confusion

Maude Meagher (1931). “Fantastic Traveller”