Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies Quotes

“Politics gives girls brain fever. Or makes them unable to bear children. No, don’t laugh — our doctor warned my mother in just those words.”
― Jackie French, Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies

“I do wish girls were taught history. Without history you are a blank piece of paper. If you have nothing written in your past, it is impossible to choose a future.”
― Jackie French, Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies

“Most people only ever understand one world: their own. You need to learn that every person feels things much like you. That isn’t meant to be sentiment, my dear. I am not a saint, asking you to bleed with those who hurt. Imagine the world is like a machine. To use it properly you must understand how it works. Our world is other people. Understand them, and you will begin to know how you can move the world.”
― Jackie French, Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies

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― Jackie French, Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies