Phyllis Bottome

Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.

There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.

To be in the right is often an expensive business.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.