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Elizabeth Gray Vining

  • Sorrow and suffering give opportunities for growth. Disappointment opens doors to wider fields.

    • Elizabeth Gray Vining,
    • "My World Was Wrecked Once," in Edward R. Murrow, ed., This I Believe ()

Elizabeth Gray Vining, U.S. writer, librarian, tutor to Crown Prince Akihito of Japan

(1902 - 1999)