“When you are seven, beauty is an abstraction, not an imperative.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.”
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
“Children don’t know the meaning of yesterday, of the day before yesterday, or even of tomorrow, everything is this, now: the street is this, the doorway is this, the stairs are this, this is Mamma, this is Papa, this is the day, this the night.”
― My Brilliant Friend
― My Brilliant Friend
“John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.”
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
“I am glad my case is not serious! But these nervous troubles are dreadfully depressing. John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him.”
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
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