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01Undated

Hate is all a lie there is no truth in hate.

Kathleen Norris / quote

02Undated

Friendship is an art and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it.

Kathleen Norris / quote

03Undated

Before you begin a thing remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. ... You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.

Kathleen Norris / quote

04Undated

If ambition doesn't hurt you you haven't got it.

Kathleen Norris / quote

05Undated

Marriage: a job. Happiness or unhappiness has nothing to do with it.

Kathleen Norris / quote

06Undated

There is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.

Kathleen Norris / quote