Anna Neagle

What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long? Anna Neagle

Long Rain Sun

But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning. Anna Neagle

Next Planning Solitude

No matter how much we love our family and friends, a part of us needs the occasional moment of solitude as a plant needs water. It is the inmost core of each of us that, that part which nobody can define but which we all recognize because it never changes. Anna Neagle

Family love Moment

I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains. Anna Neagle

Always Chance Long

But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for. Anna Neagle

Important Learning

But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out! Anna Neagle

Learning Life

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not. Anna Neagle

Loneliness Pleasant Solitude

What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long? Anna Neagle

Long Matter Rain