Christopher Blethen

“How quick come the reasons for approving what we like.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation.”
― Kate Chopin

“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women