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I'm not a Pollyanna; I'm a pragmatist.

My relationship with 'Pollyanna' is a very personal one, because Pollyanna got me through my childhood.

Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.

I'm less Pollyanna now. That's probably healthy.

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Beauty is what I feel my life is about - the garden, the house, whatever. I see the world that way, yet it isn't.

Life may not be beautiful, but it is interesting.