Donna

“It would be easy to call it quits. Occasionally I have these moments, not often. There is nothing to do but sit still until they pass. Tantrums and passions I don't need, endurance is what I need. I have found that it is even possible to take a certain pleasure out of submission to necessity. That have I borne, this can I bear also.”
― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose

“He had passionate and insane views on every subject. She was certain that one reason he had taken up dentistry was so he could assault helpless people with his mad monologues.”
― Walker Percy, The Second Coming

“I tell him I am proud of his genius for construction, but he says he has no genius for anything, he just never knows when he is beaten.”
― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose

“I had stopped my chair at that exact place, coming out, because right there the spice of wisteria that hung around the house was invaded by the freshness of apple blossoms in a blend that lifted the top of my head. As between those who notice such things and those who don't, I prefer those who do.”
― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose