Aunt Dimity's Death Quotes

“They were tales of commonplace courage and optimism, for I knew from my own experience that everyday virtues endure best, and that quiet courage is worth more than the grandest derring-do.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“When I learned of Aunt Dimity's death, I was stunned. Not because she was dead, but because I had never known she'd been alive.”
― nancy atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“knowing full well that I looked like something any self-respecting cat would refuse to drag in.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“It was a small thing, perhaps, but great changes begin with small things.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“The stories featured a heroine who was, like Beth, blessed with the gift of easy laughter. They were tales of commonplace courage and optimism, for I knew from my own experience that everyday virtues endure best, and that quiet courage is worth more than the grandest derring-do. Thus “Aunt Dimity” was born, a heroine for the common woman.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“As we walked toward the gangplank, Beth threatened to start another war if I didn't write to her, and I vowed, for the sake of world peace, to be a faithful correspondent.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“Meg Thomson was a short, unrepentantly heavyset woman,”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“Looking back on it, I suspect that we were trying to keep the world of our letters apart from the world in which we lived. Perhaps we had become so accustomed to the magic of words on paper that we were afraid a face-to-face meeting might break the spell.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death

“You cannot warm yourself at the fire of anger without chilling your soul.”
― Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death