Our responsibility to ourselves comes first — because in a sense what — Phyllis Bottome

"There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them."

"Even the slightest failure was an indignity to Olaf; but to Hans failure had no more moral significance than success."

"No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance."

"Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!"

"I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!"

"I wonder how often not the intention but the desire springs up in a doctors mind: "Can I let this human being out of the trap of Life?"