6 Quotes by Annie Fellows Johnston

The world looks very different to me now at twenty. I have outgrown my early opinions and ideals with my short dresses, just as Mrs. Walton said we would. Now the critics can say 'Thou waitest till thy woman's fingers wrought the best that lay within thy woman's heart.

To callow wings no flight is too high to attempt. At sixteen all things are possible.

The world looks very different to me now at twenty. I have outgrown my early opinions and ideals with my short dresses, just as Mrs. Walton said we would. Now the critics can say ‘Thou waitest till thy woman’s fingers wrought the best that lay within thy woman’s heart.’

Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food.

I’ve come to believe that every one who reaches the best that life holds for him reaches it through some Desert of Waiting.

I have to be by myself when I write, and I never know how long it will take. It is like making butter. Sometimes it will come in a few minutes, and sometimes I have to churn away for hours.