Rumer Godden
Rumer Godden
Margaret Rumer Godden OBEwas an English author of more than 60 fiction and nonfiction books written under the name of Rumer Godden. A few of her works were co-written with her older sister, novelist Jon Godden, including Two Under the Indian Sun, a memoir of the Goddens' childhood in a region of India now part of Bangladesh...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 December 1907
call happening pass piece quite sentence sight starts
Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound, a sentence or happening that does not pass away... but quite inexplicably lodges in the mind.
writing sight mind
Every piece of writing starts from what I call a grit a sight or sound, a sentence or happening that does not pass away but quite inexplicably lodges in the mind.
peace unto
It is My own peace I give unto you." Not, notice, the world's peace.
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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.
disease cleverness
cleverness is a disease.
desire
Wanting is the beginning of getting.
husband darcy my-own
I loved Mr. Darcy far more than any of my own husbands.
beach thinking california
in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.
memories grief
Memory is the only friend of grief.
being-sad age pieces
As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savoring such things as the tastiness of a piece of fruit, or other small things we might have been prone to overlook during our younger, busier days.
simple garden joy
A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy. Rumer Godden found in Power of Simple Living by Ellyn Sanna
family friends nuisance
You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.
liars garden house
You must remember garden catalogues are as big liars as house-agents.
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For an author nothing is as dead as a book once it is written.