Mildred Aldrich > Quotes

“I shall not be lonely. No one who reads is ever that.”
― Mildred Aldrich, A Hilltop on the Marne: Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

“But you know I am not of the "afraid" kind. I am not boasting. That is a characteristic, not a quality. One is afraid or one is not. It happens that I am not.”
― Mildred Aldrich, A Hilltop on the Marne: Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

“If all who love one another were of the same opinion, living would be monotonous, and conversation flabby. So cheer up. You are content. All me to be.”
― Mildred Aldrich, A Hilltop on the Marne: Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

“I am counting on nothing but the facts about me. So come on, Future. I've my back against the past. Anyway, as you see, it is too late to argue. I've crossed the Rubicon, and can return only when I have built a new bridge.”
― Mildred Aldrich, A Hilltop on the Marne: Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

“I am not proposing to ask you to see it from my point of view. You cannot, no matter how willing you are to try. No two people ever see life from the same angle. There is a law which decrees that two objects may not occupy the same space at the same time - result: two people cannot see things from the same point of view, and the slightest difference in angle changes the thing seen.”
― Mildred Aldrich, A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3 : large print