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Top 10 Anne Youngson Quotes (2024 Update)

Anne Youngson Quote: “But I do not mind. I am like a man standing on a shore watching people he loves rowing a boat. As long as they are safe in the boat, nothing else is so important.”

1. “But I do not mind. I am like a man standing on a shore watching people he loves rowing a boat. As long as they are safe in the boat, nothing else is so important.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “For me, the house and all its contents are like the mud collecting on my boots as I walk the dog round the fields in a rainy season. Holding me back, weighting me down, limiting how far I can travel.”

2. “For me, the house and all its contents are like the mud collecting on my boots as I walk the dog round the fields in a rainy season. Holding me back, weighting me down, limiting how far I can travel.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “I can see that living alone, as you do, leaves empty space around you, and that can feel lonely. Living together with other people, as I do, can feel lonely, too.”

3. “I can see that living alone, as you do, leaves empty space around you, and that can feel lonely. Living together with other people, as I do, can feel lonely, too.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “We should look inside ourselves for fulfillment. It is not fair to burden children or grandchildren with the obligation to make us whole. Our obligation to them is to make them safe and provide them with an education. Karin can do that alone, if she chooses. She owes no one anything else. She owes it to herself to do what is best for her. When I had said this, Mary kissed me. I can’t remember the last time she did that. Or the last time I enjoyed a conversation more.”

4. “We should look inside ourselves for fulfillment. It is not fair to burden children or grandchildren with the obligation to make us whole. Our obligation to them is to make them safe and provide them with an education. Karin can do that alone, if she chooses. She owes no one anything else. She owes it to herself to do what is best for her. When I had said this, Mary kissed me. I can’t remember the last time she did that. Or the last time I enjoyed a conversation more.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “I was irritated by the simplicity of my mother’s view of the world when I was younger, but now that I know how hard it is to keep upright, cheerful, balanced, and in control, which is expected of us as adults, I can appreciate the mechanisms she used to achieve this.”

5. “I was irritated by the simplicity of my mother’s view of the world when I was younger, but now that I know how hard it is to keep upright, cheerful, balanced, and in control, which is expected of us as adults, I can appreciate the mechanisms she used to achieve this.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “I understand now that loneliness is worse if there are people about than if there are not.”

6. “I understand now that loneliness is worse if there are people about than if there are not.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “The sky was magnificent. I have always loved the sky and I do not take notice of it often enough.”

7. “The sky was magnificent. I have always loved the sky and I do not take notice of it often enough.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “We may want to be other than we are, but we do not want to unsettle the opinion people have already formed; maybe to replace it with a lesser opinion.”

8. “We may want to be other than we are, but we do not want to unsettle the opinion people have already formed; maybe to replace it with a lesser opinion.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “Our letters have meant so much to us because we have both arrived at the same point in our lives. More behind us than ahead of us. Paths chosen that define us. Enough time left to change.”

9. “Our letters have meant so much to us because we have both arrived at the same point in our lives. More behind us than ahead of us. Paths chosen that define us. Enough time left to change.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “When I look at Karin now, I wonder if I am suffering from post-traumatic joy.”

10. “When I look at Karin now, I wonder if I am suffering from post-traumatic joy.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “Does being grown up mean we are all doomed to be ordinary?” “No,” said Anastasia. “It means accepting we are all extraordinary in ordinary ways.” Then.”

11. “Does being grown up mean we are all doomed to be ordinary?” “No,” said Anastasia. “It means accepting we are all extraordinary in ordinary ways.” Then.”

— Anne Youngson

Anne Youngson Quote: “Instead, I had to compose a letter. I could picture you reading the letter and I imagined you would do this slowly and carefully, so I felt I needed to write my letter to you slowly and carefully. I had to be sure I had read yours to Professor Glob slowly and carefully so that I could be sure to address the points you made. So we have gone on. We have written at length and thoughtfully, and to do this, we have both had to read the letters we received in a thoughtful way.”

12. “Instead, I had to compose a letter. I could picture you reading the letter and I imagined you would do this slowly and carefully, so I felt I needed to write my letter to you slowly and carefully. I had to be sure I had read yours to Professor Glob slowly and carefully so that I could be sure to address the points you made. So we have gone on. We have written at length and thoughtfully, and to do this, we have both had to read the letters we received in a thoughtful way.”

— Anne Youngson

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