Helenmarie Corcoran

“What did it mean, what your father said about the tall, quiet woman.

Ar, that? Let's see. Used to say there was four women in every man's heart. The Maid in the Meadow, the Demon Lover, the Stouthearted Woman, the Tall and Quiet Woman.”
― Annie Proulx, The Shipping News

“She had rooms in her mind that she would not look into.”
― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose

“You will have only one story,” she had said. “You’ll write your one story many ways. Don’t ever worry about story. You have only one.”
― Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton