An American Princess Quotes

“And if there was one thing that was truly American, it was the belief that it was always possible to start again.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Roosevelt may have been a Republican, but he was a lot more sensitive to the changing times than his predecessor. He started regulating banks, the food industry, and railway trusts; introduced higher taxes; and for the first time consulted the trade unions, which the government had looked upon with suspicion up to then.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“The average life expectancy of a fighter pilot was no more than fifty to sixty flight hours.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune. My conclusion was that it’s clearly worth looking into the way you deal with bad luck.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“modern man suffered from too much vanity and a lack of self-reflection and had forgotten how to deal with frustrations and setbacks in a healthy way.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Take life as easy as you can,” she wrote to Bernhard in January, “health is the best of all gifts.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Psychotherapy Frank Koerselman for years. It was about what he called “the pampered society.” He wrote that modern man suffered from too much vanity and a lack of self-reflection and had forgotten how to deal with frustrations and setbacks in a healthy way.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, neither is it the most intelligent that survives. It is the most adaptable to change.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Just as successful in work and marriage was Harvey, William Tew’s oldest son. After working for his father in the family business for seventeen years, in 1870 Harvey established a rubber factory with his brother- in- law Benjamin F. Goodrich. The story goes that the pair came up with the idea after large fires swept through Jamestown, which still consisted mainly of wooden buildings, sometimes wiping out entire neighborhoods. In winter, the fire brigade was repeatedly rendered powerless when the water froze in its leather hoses. The discovery that water stayed liquid in rubber hoses made the fortunes of Harvey and his brother- in- law and formed the basis of a company that would grow into one of the world’s largest tire producers.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Everyone has the right to live her own life, NO parent can destroy the youth and joy of their child. They use all kinds of excuses to try and cover their selfishness but if the daughter or son do take the bit in their teeth and LIVE the mother always gets on allright.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“There is so much sadness and trouble in the world, one’s heart is torn all the time, also one’s purse, but this life is a school.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“web of a drunken spider.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“If one has the will and persistence, one CAN do things . . . always try every possible way, and if you don’t see a way, ask for help . . . COURAGE ALL THE TIME.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“For if you no longer have a future, what else is there left but dreams of the past?”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Leone, P., M. Poshka, and V. E. Norton Jr. Around Chautauqua Lake: 50 Years of Photographs 1875–1925. Westfield, NY: Chautauqua Region Press, 1997.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“To my surprise, nineteenth-century folk, always presented as Puritan and narrow-minded, turned out also to be energetic, tough, and sociable. It made me realize that there are major social and personal advantages to be had if people are capable of controlling themselves, being disciplined, and, if necessary, sacrificing themselves for the greater good. In that respect, we people of today might be able to learn more from the Victorians than we think.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“What’s more, divorces there could be granted on the grounds of simple infidelity, while in America that only counted if the extramarital affair had taken place in the marital home.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Wheeler, P., and H. E. Rives. Dome of Many-Coloured Glass. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Wharton, E. The Buccaneers. London: Viking, 1993.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Stanford, Larry. Wicked Newport: Sordid Stories from the City by the Sea. Charleston,”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Strength of character has to be worked on, hard . . . Always try many things. Try every way one can think of, when you truly need something important and if you do not see the way, get help . . . All girls and boys, no matter what position they have should be brought up to work these days, or at least know how to. I should think every effort should be to get work for your own dignity . . . TRY to make friends, everyone can with an effort. Everyone has sadness and much trouble and likes a gay pleasant friend about. COURAGE ALL THE TIME.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“decided”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“From this study, it becomes clear that . . . good luck accumulates, as does bad luck. People are in poor health and are poverty-stricken and get let down, and vice versa. It is totally unfair. And the only real predictor of good or bad luck is the ability to deal with setbacks. Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“The Happiest Kids in the World: How Dutch Parents Help Their Kids (and Themselves) by Doing Less (The Experiment, 2017).”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Chemin des Rues des Vignes,”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“As long as I love books and flowers and travel—and my friends—and good food, as I do now, I want no allowances made for me!”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“From this study, it becomes clear that . . . good luck accumulates, as does bad luck. People are in poor health and are poverty-stricken and get let down, and vice versa. It is totally unfair. And the only real predictor of good or bad luck is the ability to deal with setbacks. Those who can best cope with setbacks have the greatest chance of fortune.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“If one has no steady belief and foundation to one’s life, it is all hopelessness and tears,”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew

“Allene had clearly inherited one thing from her pioneering forefathers, and that was the conviction that if there wasn’t a road, there must be a detour that would get you where you wanted to go. And if there wasn’t a detour, a road had to be built. “If one has the will and persistence, one CAN do things,” she wrote later.”
― Annejet van der Zijl, An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew