125 Quotes by Myrtle Reed

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

Silence always gives consent ...

The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you’re conventional, you’ll be good, in a negative sense, of course.

Did you ever read a love-letter that wasn’t an evidence of idiocy – except your own?

I’ve just washed my hair and I can’t do a thing with it!

I have a friend, physically magnificent, who combines within himself the intellect of a philosopher, the diplomacy of a statesman, the executive ability of the general of an army, the courtesy of a Chesterfield – and the emotions of a rabbit.

Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield – it weakens one in the years to come.