Jeanne

“Her sisters were her future; single women have only each other. For many, mutual support was their only means of financial survival, but for most it brought other riches with it: a whole wealth of comfort, companionship, and joy.”
― Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

“I'm convinced that most of the important tasks in our lives all amount to the same thing: clearing away the burdens that block our way.”
― Greg Kincaid, Christmas with Tucker

“These are the things by which most of us are remembered, these small acts of love, the only evidence that we, too, once lived on this earth. The preserves in the larder, the stitch on the kneeler. The mark of the pen on the page.”
― Gill Hornby, Miss Austen

“You see, one scene leads to the next. The Domes, the Grassy Plains, now the Indians Hunting Buffalo, now the Village of the Dead, very popular because of 'the curious manner by which Indians dispose of their dead.' Which is not as curious as the Jews: you stop breathing for two seconds, watch out, you're in the ground; and not as curious as the Catholics: they keep you in the parlor for weeks so everyone can get a good look and have a beer.”
― Amy Bloom, Away