14+ Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Quotes On Education, Slavery And Revolution

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott was an American author who wrote novels, short stories, and poetry. She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872 and wrote her first published story in 1897. Her most famous works include the novel "Molly Make-Believe" and the short story "The Little Fireman". Following is our collection on famous quotes by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott on education, slavery, revolution.

Truth out of season was sourer than strawberries at Christmas time. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

the time to grant anybody a favor is the day the favor is asked, for that day is the one psychological moment of the world when supply and demand are keyed exacty to each other's limits, and can be mated beatifically to grow old, or die young, together. But after that day -- ! — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Sorrow in the tongue will talk itself cured, if you give it a chance; but sorrow in the eyes has a wicked, wicked way now and then of leaking into the brain. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

lips all crude scarlet, and eyes as absurdly big and round as a child's good-by kiss. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written unless it contains at least one significant phrase that is worth waking up in the night to remember and think about. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

I wish I could have lived just one day when the world was new. I wish—I wish I could have reaped just one single, solitary, big Emotion before the world had caught it and—appraised it—and taxed it—and licensed it—and staled it! — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Oh any sentimental person can cry at night, but when you begin to cry in the morning - to lie awake and cry in the morning-. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

If Beauty is excuse enough for Being, it sure takes Plainness then to feel the real necessity for—Doing. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

One was a Cartoon Artist with a heart like chiffon and a wit as accidentally malicious as the jab of a pin in a flirt's belt. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Marriage is not for me. I tell you that I am Blank Verse. I am talent, and I do not rhyme with Love. I am talent and I do not rhyme with man. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Supplementing the far, remote Glory-of-God expression in his face, the glory-of-doughnuts shone suddenly very warmly. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

The Pretty Lady's brains were almost entirely in her fingers. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Love was a fever that came along a few years after chicken-pox and measles and scarlet fever. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

I have a theory that no child ever does outgrow its ungratified legitimate desires; though subsequent maturity may bring him to the point where his original desire has reached such astounding proportions that the original object can no longer possibly appease it. — Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Life Lessons by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

1. Eleanor Hallowell Abbott emphasizes the importance of living life to the fullest and cherishing the moments you have with those you love.
2. Her work also highlights the power of optimism and resilience in the face of adversity.
3. Through her stories, Abbott encourages readers to take risks, explore their passions, and never give up on their dreams.