Rumer Godden Quotes

A Garden Isn't Meant To Be Useful. It's For Joy. Rumer Godden Found In Power Of Simple Living By Ellyn Sanna

Every Time A Child, Any Child, Is Born, It Is New - And Different; That Is The Wonder.

In California I Began To Think That, Except On The Beaches, No-one Had The Use Of Their Legs.

The Best Would Be To Have Friends Who Came And Went Away; But If I Had To Choose Between Their Never Coming Or Never Going Away, I Think I Would Choose That They Do Not Come.

The Stitch Of A Book Is Its Words.

If You Love The Wrong People It's Still Love, Isn't It, No Matter What Kind Of Love.

Cleverness Is A Disease.

People Don't Know The Consolations Of Being Unsuccessful ... If I Had Been Successful I Should Have Had No Peace Or Time.

To Wake For The First Time In A New Place Can Be Like Another Birth.

For A Dyed-in-the-wool Author Nothing Is As Dead As A Book Once It Is Written. ... She Is Rather Like A Cat Whose Kittens Have Grown Up.

You Must Remember Garden Catalogues Are As Big Liars As House-agents.

I Loved Mr. Darcy Far More Than Any Of My Own Husbands.