Emily ♡

“Amory, you promised.”
― Valicity Elaine, Withered Rose

“You wear spectacles, Mary?' I said as she stepped past me into the hall.

'Not real ones, but he doesn't need to know,' she replied.

'Ah, wonderful!' I exclaimed. 'I've a pair of cheaters, myself. I wear the in the garret when I want to feel. like an educated spinster. But they've no lenses. Yours look positively bluestocking.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 1

“All good things come to an end.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Complete 8 Book Set Volume 1-8

“I wouldn't fret, fear; we can't all have the same gifts.

Petrova was very depressed, though. She did not want to be a good dancer; but since she had to dance at all is was annoying to see someone younger than herself doing so much better; and then Pauline moving up was a blow, as it left her alone in her class. Pauline had often helped her with steps at home so that she ddi not get on too badly; but with Pauline gone she was suspicious that she might be the dunce of the class.”
― Noel Streatfeild, Ballet Shoes