“and June burst over the mountain. It smelled good, tasted good, and was gentle to the eyes.”
― My Side of the Mountain
― My Side of the Mountain
“Greenstone is cursed. We had mines, but they shut. Ships used to dock, now they sail past. Our water tower comes loose and rolls over people, our congressman gets leprosy, Bob Dylan drives through and gets two flat tires.” Ann glowed as the idea coalesced—she couldn’t have been more incandescent if she’d physically caught fire. “Hard luck! That’s our legacy.”
― Virgil Wander
― Virgil Wander
“On the Acropolis, he’d thought she’d seen too much sun for a woman but in the courtyard, under the moon, her face, neck, and arms were as pale as the moon goddess. Allowing himself to imagine it was the moon goddess leading him upward was a way of climbing to the second story.”
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
“Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.”
― The Mill on the Floss
― The Mill on the Floss
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