“Was life always like that? she wondered. A game of hide and seek in which you only occasionally found the person you wanted to be?”
Source: Betsy and the Great World
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Maud Hart Lovelace 13
American writer 1892–1980Related quotes

She's Always a Woman.
Song lyrics, The Stranger (1977)

“Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found.”
Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

“Only upon the old can build the new;
The symbol which you seek is found in you.”
Life Without and Life Within (1859), The One In All
Context: And dost thou seek to find the one in two?
Only upon the old can build the new;
The symbol which you seek is found in you.

“Life is like game of gambling: to be successful, you must always be ready to take risks.”
Original: La vita è come il gioco d'azzardo: per avere successo, devi essere sempre pronto a rischiare.
Source: prevale.net

“Angel, a crowd of millions couldn’t hide you from me. I found you once. I’ll always find you.”
Source: Entwined with You