“Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.”
― My Name Is Red
― My Name Is Red
“These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em.”
― The Long Winter
― The Long Winter
“There is nothing wrong with God's plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.”
― Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom & Virtues
― Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom & Virtues
“Your red dress,’ she said, and laughed.
But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread across the room. It was beautiful and it reminded me of something I must do. I will remember I thought. I will remember quite soon now.”
― Wide Sargasso Sea
But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread across the room. It was beautiful and it reminded me of something I must do. I will remember I thought. I will remember quite soon now.”
― Wide Sargasso Sea
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