“Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.”
― Emily's Quest
― Emily's Quest
“It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.”
― Emily's Quest
― Emily's Quest
“Can you expect me to be just when you've just killed me? Oh, I know I asked for it--I know it's good for me. Horrible things always are good for you, I suppose. After you've been killed a few times you don't mind it. But the first time one does--squirm. Go away, Dean. Don't come back for a week at least. The funeral will be over then."
"Don't you believe I know what this means to you, Star?" asked Dean pityingly.
"You can't--altogether. Oh, I know you're sympathetic. I don't want sympathy. I only want time to bury myself decently.”
― Emily's Quest
"Don't you believe I know what this means to you, Star?" asked Dean pityingly.
"You can't--altogether. Oh, I know you're sympathetic. I don't want sympathy. I only want time to bury myself decently.”
― Emily's Quest
“Most young men are such bores. They haven't lived long enough to learn that they are not the wonders to the world they are to their mothers.”
― Emily's Quest
― Emily's Quest
“You see," she concluded miserably, "when I can call like that to him across space--I belong to him. He doesn't love me--he never will--but I belong to him.”
― Emily's Quest
― Emily's Quest
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