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Ruth Draper Quotes

Life is too wonderful, too full, too short and strength too limited to contain its wonder.

Life is too wonderful, too full, too short and strength too limited to contain its wonder.

Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.26, SIU Press

all my wealth is in my memories.

Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.134, SIU Press

the trouble with success is - it takes all your time. And you can't do the things you really want to do!

Ruth Draper, Morton Dauwen Zabel (1960). “The art of Ruth Draper: her dramas and characters”

... as long as we go on loving and working life is worth while.

Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.141, SIU Press

... accepting and feeling sympathy and love is not so healing as giving it.

Ruth Draper, Dorothy Warren (1999). “The Letters of Ruth Draper: Self-portrait of an Actress, 1920-1956”, p.147, SIU Press

He said I was the most sensitive person he had ever seen- that I belonged to the hyper-hyper type and we rarely survive!

Ruth Draper, Morton Dauwen Zabel (1960). “The art of Ruth Draper: her dramas and characters”