61 Quotes by Helen Simonson

Compromises are often built on their being unspoken.

The world is full of small ignorances,” said a quiet voice. Mrs. Ali appeared at his elbow and gave the young woman a stern look. “We must all do our best to ignore them and thereby keep them small, don’t you think?

I would prefer you did not apologize for anyone else,” she said. “My father always says that if we were as quick to own our own faults as we are to apologize for those of others, society might truly advance.

There is nothing more corrosive to character than money.

War does have a way of interfering with one’s most closely held desires.

He was struck by the thought that he was often lonely, even in the midst of many friends.

Those birds perform a miracle every morning and the world ought to get up and listen.