Top 90 Nita Prose Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “We’re all entitled to a bad day now and again, I heard Gran say in my head. But when they are all bad days, with no pleasant ones, then it’s time to reconsider things.”

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52. “In real life, the actions you take can change the results, from sad to happy, from disappointing to satisfactory, from wrong to right.”

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53. “Today at work, I found a guest very dead in his bed. Mr. Black. The Mr. Black. Other than that, my work day was as normal as ever.”

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54. “How any woman could like a hairy man is beyond me. Not that I’m prejudiced. I’m just saying that if a man I fancied was hairy, I’d get the wax out, and I’d rip the strips off him until he was clean and bare.”

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55. “It’s always like this at dusk – as if the day is throwing the last of its energy up the steps while the hotel itself patiently waits for the calm of night to come.”

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56. “One thing I’ve learned in my business is that you can hide dirt for a while, but at some point, it all comes to the surface.”

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57. “But then something out of the ordinary occurs – such as finding Mr. Black very dead in his bed – and suddenly the day crystalizes, turns from gas to solid in an instant.”

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58. “Justice is like truth – it, too, is subjective. So many of those who deserve to be punished never receive their just deserts, and in the meantime, good people, decent people, are charged with the wrong crimes. It’s a flawed system – justice – a dirty, messy, imperfect system. But if the good people accept personal responsibility for exacting justice, would we not have a better chance of cleaning the entire world, of holding the liars, the cheaters, the users, and the abusers to account?”

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59. “She took a powder container and brush and was about to use it on my face, but I stopped her. “Is it clean?” I asked. “The brush?” Giselle sighed. “Yes, Molly. It’s clean. You’re not the only person in the world who sanitizes things, you know.” This pleased me immensely because it confirmed what I knew in my heart. Giselle and I are so different, and yet, fundamentally, we are very much alike.”

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60. “My gran used to say that a successful marriage requires falling in love many times. But the trick is that it’s always with the same person.”

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61. “With Gran gone, much of the time I feel like a blind person in a minefield. I’m constantly stumbling upon social improprieties hidden under the surface of things. But with Giselle around, I feel like I’m wearing a breastplate and am flanked by an armed guard.”

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62. “As for order, it is my express wish to live as ordered a life as possible. But the world is filled with random chaos that often devils my attempts at arrangement.”

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63. “You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable.”

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64. “The truth is, I often have trouble with social situations; it’s as though everyone is playing an elaborate game with complex rules they all know, but I’m always playing for the first time. I make etiquette mistakes with alarming regularity, offend when I mean to compliment, misread body language, say the wrong thing at the wrong time.”

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65. “I do sometimes feel angry. Especially when guests are careless. When they forget that their actions have an impact on others, when I’m treated like I don’t matter.”

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66. “One thing is to have hope; another thing is to trust that all will end the way it should.”

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67. “I pick up one neat quarter of my raisin-bran muffin. How lovely. It’s fresh. Isn’t it interesting that this shop bakes goods in the late afternoon? You wouldn’t think many people would choose muffins in the afternoon, but there you have it. Perhaps there are others out there in the world just like me. People are a mystery that can never be solved.”

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68. “The longer you live, the more you learn. People are a mystery that can never be solved. Life has a way of sorting itself out. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”

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69. “Shame is the scar the demons leave behind. You remember that, Molly,” Gran says.”

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70. “And if I’ve learned anything about the way money works, it’s that it magnetized toward those born with it, leaving those who need it most without.”

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71. “Treat others the way you wish to be treated. We’re all the same in different ways. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.”

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72. “I knew she was in great pain, though she took great pains to deny it.”

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73. “Getting lost is the first step to being found.”

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74. “Some things can’t be explained. And some people are a mystery that can never be solved.”

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75. “There’s nothing quite like a perfectly stocked maid’s trolley early in the morning. It is, in my humble opinion, a cornucopia of bounty and beauty.”

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76. “Never leave a mess to be discovered by a guest.”

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77. “The truth is, I often have trouble with social situations; it’s as though everyone is playing an elaborate game with complex rules they all know, but I’m always playing for the first time.”

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78. “Isn’t it interesting how a person can be as present after death as they were in real life?”

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79. “It’s funny the way memories bubble up whenever I clean. I do wonder if that’s the same for everyone – for everyone who cleans, that is.”

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80. “My gran. She was always like that. She always found a way to ignite hope. And what is hope if not the decision to shine light into the dark?”

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81. “Vanessa proves what Hamlet always knew: you really can smile and smile and still be a villain.”

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82. “It’s a fault of mine, to be quick to judge or to want the world to function according to my laws.”

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83. “Stories are a way to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.”

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84. “Containment – an old actors’ trick. Arms by your sides. Put all that energy into your voice and eyes. Don’t move a muscle.”

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85. “Deep cleaning gives life meaning.”

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86. “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is the gift.”

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87. “There’s more than one way to become a star. There’s more than one way to shine light in the dark.”

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88. “She had an infinite capacity to light hope in the dark. And for the most part, she was successful. She certainly convinced me that all was well in our cloistered little world, that our future was impossibly bright. Everything she did was so I would not just survive but thrive. Only now do I know just how much she suffered in the dark, how she carried her burden alone.”

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89. “Stand up for what’s right or you’ll sit on the sidelines all your life.”

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90. “Isn’t it interesting how luxury has an unmistakable scent, as unmistakable as fear or death?”

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91. “I’m not sure that I’ve enjoyed the doors that have opened today, nor the experiences I’ve had, but I do hope they lead to personal growth in the long run.”

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92. “To err once is human; to err twice is idiotic.”

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93. “Yes, sir. Would you like free salad and garlic bread?” “No, that’s fine,” Rodney answered, which, I’ll admit, was a minor disappointment.”

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94. “I’m reminded of what she always taught me about gift giving: for the pure of heart, the giving is greater than the getting.”

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