Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable. - Kathleen Norris
There are men I could spend eternity with. but not this life. - Kathleen Norris
Changing husbands is only changing troubles. - Kathleen Norris
If we are lucky, we can give in and rest without feeling guilty. We can stop doing and concentrate on being. - Kathleen Norris
The Christian religion asks us to put our trust not in ideas, and certainly not in ideologies, but in a God Who was vulnerable enough to become human and die, and Who desires to be present to us in our ordinary circumstances. - Kathleen Norris
When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening. . . . I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books. - Kathleen Norris
Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future. - Kathleen Norris
Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. - Kathleen Norris
Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state. - Kathleen Norris
When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot? - Kathleen Norris