“He had thought of childhood as something intimate and pure, inside his home, his family. Instead of that, in Deborah's school he had been disturbed and thrilled by the presence all around him of something wild, barbaric, dark, compounded of… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
“I wonder if it won't be the same with the children as it has been with us. No matter how long each one of them lives, won't their lives feel to them unfinished like ours, only just beginning? I wonder how far they will go. And then their children will grow up and it will be the same with them.… — Earnest Poole Copy Share
“He saw each of his daughters, part of himself. And he remembered what Judith had said: 'You will live on in our children's lives.'… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
“You're like nearly all American women--married or single, young or old--you're all of you scared to death about sex--just as your Puritan mothers were!… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
“It's hard to keep up with your children,' he said. 'It means keeping up with everything new. And you stay in your rut and… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
“And there came to him a feeling which he had often had before in many different places--that he himself was a part of all… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
“He had thought of childhood as something intimate and pure, inside his home, his family. Instead of that, in Deborah's school he had been… — Earnest Poole Copy Share Image
