“He read it over twenty times and though the darkness that sang on held steady about him, the unhurried words fell bright through his mind, going down golden through deep water, and when one passed another came, ceaselessly, shining.” — Elizabeth Spencer Copy Share Image
“It never registered to them that I had time to read all of Balzac, Dickens, and Stendhal while Papa was dying, not to mention… — Elizabeth Spencer Copy Share Image
“To each other, they talked at a gallop. Literature turned them on; their ideas flowed, ran back and forth like a current. (The Cousins)” — Elizabeth Spencer Copy Share Image
“His house to me was a child was a heart of happiness. If there is a wonder childhood possesses which makes it forever superior… — Elizabeth Spencer Copy Share Image
“He read it over twenty times and though the darkness that sang on held steady about him, the unhurried words fell bright through his… — Elizabeth Spencer Copy Share Image
“August in Mississippi is different from July. As to heat, it is not a question of degree but of kind. July heat is furious,… — Elizabeth Spencer Copy Share Image
