43 Quotes by Margaret Millar

You have what is known as a lot of character, meaning you can be wrong at the top of your lungs.

That's what a conscience is made of, scar tissue ... Little strips and pieces of remorse sewn together year by year until they formed a distinctive pattern, a design for living.

Don't borrow trouble. The interest is too high.

Civilization has imposed countless restrictions and conventions on each of us, with the result that the subconscious in the majority of us has become a storage room without a key. We are forced to suppress or forget so many events and ideas and thoughts that those to which we should have access are lost in the welter. However, there are people who seem capable of unlocking this part of their minds and extracting relevant information.

the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.

I've reached the age where anyone who lets me talk seems like an old By listening to my memories, you have become part of them.

When you're counting alibis and not apples, one plus one equals none.

The day will probably come when you can tell everything about a person from his dreams except his age and weight.

The sun was shining like a congratulation.