# Quote — Richard Yates, The Easter Parade

> Most people do the best they can.

- Author: [Richard Yates](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates.md)
- Book: [The Easter Parade](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/the-easter-parade.md)
- Page: 225
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/the-easter-parade/most-people-do-the

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> and for an hour or two they talked in circles.

p. 154 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/the-easter-parade/and-for-an-hour.md)

> "I see," she said. And when would she ever learn to stop saying 'I see' about things she didn't see at all?

p. 66 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/the-easter-parade/i-see-she.md)