Roberta Quotes

“She had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it’s not so dull as it sounds. It just means that a person is able to know that you are unhappy, and to love you extra on that account, without bothering you by telling you all the time how sorry she is for you.”

“I think everyone in the world is friends if you can only get them to see you don’t want to be un-friends.”

“Roberta was the eldest. Of course, Mother’s never have favourites, but if their Mother HAD had a favourite, it might have been Roberta.”