“Finding pleasure at home-whether in a family dinner or a book club or a backyard barbecue-can give us the strength to go out into the world and do incredible things.”
― Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
― Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“it was a combination of beauty and strength that made southern women “whiskey in a teacup.” We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, she said, but inside we’re strong and fiery.”
― Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
― Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
“It is a common saying that women are delicate creatures, flowers, eggs, anything that may be crushed in a moment's carelessness. If I had ever believed it, I no longer did.”
― Circe
― Circe
“It also meant she thought of books as medication and sanctuary and the source of all good things. Nothing yet had proven her wrong.”
― The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
― The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
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