Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wells
Carolyn Wellswas an American author and poet. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, she was the daughter of William E. and Anna Wells. She died at the Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City in 1942...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 June 1862
CountryUnited States of America
Carolyn Wells quotes about
book reading thinking
I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn't it to have a ticket of leave? I think I may safely say no bookin my library remains unopened a year at a time, except my own works and Tennyson's.
book writing thinking
The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy The books that people talk about we never can recall And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.
age
I'm just the same age I've always been.
gale calm
A living gale is better than a dead calm.
infidelity wages sin
The wages of sin is alimony.
humor musician humour
musicians rarely have a sense of humour, at least, about themselves.
flirting envy and-love
Flirtation envies Love, and Love envies Flirtation.
faces circumstances
Circumstances alter faces.
past people giving
In December people give no thought to the Past or the Future. They thing only of the Present.
mother society conventions
Society's the mother of convention.
imagination contentment results
Contentment is the result of a limited imagination.
christian grace biographies
I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariably finds it necessary to plaster the subject with praises, flattery and adulation and to invest him with all the Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.
perseverance firsts principles
One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.
uplifting men color
... ideals, standards, aspirations,--those are chameleon words, and take color from their speakers,--often false tints. A scholarly man of my acquaintance once told me that he traveled a thousand miles into the desert to get away from the word uplift, and it was the first word he heard after he reached his destination.