Mary

“I went into the room and stayed with Catherine until she died. She was unconscious all the time, and it did not take her very long to die.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“Failure is never final unless you choose it to be.”
― Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

“I sat outside in the hall. Everything was gone inside of me. I did not think. I could not think. I knew she was going to die and I prayed that she would not. Don’t let her die. Oh, God, please don’t let her die. I’ll do anything for you if you won’t let her die. Please, please, please dear God, don’t let her die. . . . You took the baby but don’t let her die. That was all right but don’t let her die. Please, please, dear God, don’t let her die.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

“In Natchez, you only use the word home if it’s antebellum,” said Doug. “If your house was built after the Civil War, it’s trashy to call it a home.”
― Richard Grant, The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi