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"Okay, so do the math. Minimum wage is a buck and a quarter.
If it takes you forty hours to write a column, you'd be better off waiting tables. You'll spend half your paycheck on train tickets and taxis in New York, plus another seven bucks a month to rent a typewriter. At that rate, you're practically paying them, not the other way around."
"I'm sure I'll get faster once I get into the swing of things," page 65
— May 17, 2026 07:28PM
If it takes you forty hours to write a column, you'd be better off waiting tables. You'll spend half your paycheck on train tickets and taxis in New York, plus another seven bucks a month to rent a typewriter. At that rate, you're practically paying them, not the other way around."
"I'm sure I'll get faster once I get into the swing of things," page 65
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Margaret
Back then, a strange unsettled feeling had come over Margaret when she saw the contents of the refrigerator and the bizarre preparations her mother had made before taking her own life-as if the only thing they might miss later would be the absence of hot meals she would have provided. Margaret had not known what she would find when she opened the door that day. Page 215
— 9 hours, 21 min ago
Back then, a strange unsettled feeling had come over Margaret when she saw the contents of the refrigerator and the bizarre preparations her mother had made before taking her own life-as if the only thing they might miss later would be the absence of hot meals she would have provided. Margaret had not known what she would find when she opened the door that day. Page 215
Rosa
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Gift from the Sea.
Morrow used different seashells as metaphors for stages of a woman's life. The chapter on the double sunrise shell— symbolizing the early marriage, the husband and wife in harmony, mirror image halves hinged at the center—spoke to her deeply. So did the oyster shell chapter, representing later years of marriage, when difficulties would create knobs on the shell surface. Page 193
— 16 hours, 56 min ago
Morrow used different seashells as metaphors for stages of a woman's life. The chapter on the double sunrise shell— symbolizing the early marriage, the husband and wife in harmony, mirror image halves hinged at the center—spoke to her deeply. So did the oyster shell chapter, representing later years of marriage, when difficulties would create knobs on the shell surface. Page 193
Rosa
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Grandfather reached down into the firm, found an ambitious and unscrupulous but socially acceptable lower-level manager, Howard Gustafson, who was willing to marry his pregnant daughter and keep the secret in exchange for a promotion to director with the promise of more to come.
An elopement was arranged, an announcement was placed in the Times, face was saved, and the problem was solved." Page 166
— 22 hours, 45 min ago
An elopement was arranged, an announcement was placed in the Times, face was saved, and the problem was solved." Page 166
Rosa
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Charlotte
"After she refused to 'take care of the problem, Denise said, making air quotes with her fingers, "the problem being me, Grandfather got involved. Page 166
— 22 hours, 46 min ago
"After she refused to 'take care of the problem, Denise said, making air quotes with her fingers, "the problem being me, Grandfather got involved. Page 166
Rosa
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Bitsy and her husband King
So yes, Mrs. Graham, I am a college dropout. It's a huge embarrassment to me, something I've kept secret from everyone, even friends. King is an experienced equine veterinarian, and I'm not. But there's one thing I know how to do that he doesn't: heal a horse with laminitis. I know because I've seen it done success-fully. King never has.' Page 153
— 23 hours, 7 min ago
So yes, Mrs. Graham, I am a college dropout. It's a huge embarrassment to me, something I've kept secret from everyone, even friends. King is an experienced equine veterinarian, and I'm not. But there's one thing I know how to do that he doesn't: heal a horse with laminitis. I know because I've seen it done success-fully. King never has.' Page 153
Rosa
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Bitsy
"Although," she said slowly, as if reexamining her earlier state-ment. "It does seem a little cruel, doesn't it? I mean, how can you say you love animals and devote your life to taking care of them but still feel absolutely no compunction about eating them!" Page 134
— 23 hours, 41 min ago
"Although," she said slowly, as if reexamining her earlier state-ment. "It does seem a little cruel, doesn't it? I mean, how can you say you love animals and devote your life to taking care of them but still feel absolutely no compunction about eating them!" Page 134
Rosa
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My personal preference is for in between. I don't think I've ever met anybody who was all one thing or the other, have you? Most people are a walking bundle of contradictions. Page 105
— May 18, 2026 12:22PM
Rosa
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“Books sprung from an author's imagination can be just as meaningful as those based on facts, figures, and events, or even more meaningful. Novels force you to think-to make your own conclusions about characters and themes, and decide if they're valid or relevant or true or good, or the opposite, or maybe somewhere in between. Page 105
— May 18, 2026 12:22PM
Rosa
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"Not to me. When men find new mountains to climb, they get a pat on the back and a round of applause. People call them Go-getters. Why should it be different for women? Page 101
— May 18, 2026 09:27AM
Rosa
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Being a wife and mother was always my dream, and I've found it very fulfilling." Francesca tilted her head to one side.
"And yet here you are."
"Here I am," Viv said, more to herself than to the doctor. "I guess I just reached a point where I wanted something more—a new challenge, maybe a new way to contribute?" She lifted her eyes. "Does that sound selfish?" Page 101
— May 18, 2026 09:26AM
"And yet here you are."
"Here I am," Viv said, more to herself than to the doctor. "I guess I just reached a point where I wanted something more—a new challenge, maybe a new way to contribute?" She lifted her eyes. "Does that sound selfish?" Page 101
