Antonia Quotes

• Antonia was very conscious of the corrosive power of envy and felt that it was this emotion, more than any other, which lay behind human unhappiness. People did not realize how widespread envy was.

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  Alexander McCall Smith

  People   Envy   Unhappy  

  Alexander McCall Smith (2008). “Love Over Scotland”, p.307, Hachette UK

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• Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few paces, but already she could turn and look back and not weep. It wasn't anything to do with forgetting. It was just accepting. Nothing was ever so bad once you had accepted it.

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  Rosamunde Pilcher

  Grief   Looks   Pace  

  Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.334, St. Martin's Press

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• "More than him has done that," said Antonia sadly, and the girls murmured assent.

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  Willa Cather

  Girl   Heart   Done  

  Willa Cather (2006). “My Antonia”, p.177, 1st World Publishing

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• Talk to each other. Never go to bed when you're angry with each other. Lady Antonia Frasier who was married to Harold Pinter said they never went to bed on an argument.

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  Elton John

  Bed   Married   Argument  

  "Elton John, James McAvoy, Emily Blunt Interview, Gnomeo & Juliet". Movies Online Interview, www.moviesonline.ca.

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• It's nice to see you again, Laura." "Thank you, Mrs. T-" "No, no, no. Please, my name is-" "Mud," I suggested. "Mud Barfbag Taylor. Call her Asshat for short." ~Laura, Antonia, Betsy

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  MaryJanice Davidson

  Nice   Names   Mud  

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• I was thinking, as I watched her, how little it mattered –about her teeth for instance. I know so many women who have kept all the things she had lost, *but whose inner glow has faded*. Whatever else was gone, Antonia had not lost the fire of life.

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  Willa Cather

  Thinking   Fire   Teeth  

  Willa Cather (2012). “My Ántonia”, p.174, Courier Corporation

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