“Warm rains had melted the last trace of snow, and every bank was full of prickling grass blades, brave little pioneers and heralds of the Spring.”
― Work / Eight Cousins /Rose in Bloom / Stories & Other Writings
― Work / Eight Cousins /Rose in Bloom / Stories & Other Writings
“Someone -- likely madame -- opens a window, and the bright air of the sea washes onto the landing, stirring everything: Etienne's curtains, his papers, his dust, Marie-Laure's longing for her father.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
― The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence
― The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence
“If poverty persists in America, it is not for lack of resources.”
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
― Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
“They seemed to get clearer views of life and duty up there among the everlasting hills; the fresh winds blew away desponding doubts, delusive fancies, and moody mists; the warm spring sunshine brought out all sorts of aspiring ideas, tender hopes, and happy thoughts; the lake seemed to wash away the troubles of the past, and the grand old mountains to look benignly down upon them, saying, 'Little children, love one another.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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