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““She had sunk her whole personality to be Arnold’s wife, but even that was not enough, he was still unsatisfied …””

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“I can’t be doing with people that are not exactly what they seem.’ Mamie was”

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“We agree that it is too late to think of visiting Cousin Ellen today – in fact if we do not hurry home we shall be late for dinner (an eventuality which cannot be contemplated with equanimity). As we near home and the hour advances, I beseech Tim to hurry. He replies indignantly that he will do nothing of the…

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“Spend the afternoon with Miss H. looking over Bryan’s school clothes, and compile a large list of what he requires, which will probably have to be ruthlessly revised on financial grounds. Present Miss H. with some outgrown shirts, shorts, and vests for her small brother, who is reported to be the same age as Bryan only (gratifyingly)not so big. (Query…

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“Some people’s elegance was only skin-deep, scrape off a little bit of the veneer and you got the real wood—common”

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“Why do I always want to appear more clever than I really am when Nora is anywhere about? Am much distressed at this discovery,…

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To have all my dear ones together under one roof - that is all I ask of life.

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Prayer did not come easily to me for I always feel that prayer is a silent things, and opening of the heart. To ask…

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“In the course of my wanderings I have started life anew in many places, and in every place the same thing happens: at first…

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It is curious, isn't it, that things you know well never look dirty and dilapidated-other people's old furniture looks shabby and moth-eaten. “I would never have that horrible old couch in my room,” you say. But your own old couch is every bit as bad and you are not disgusted with its appearance; it is your friend, you see, and…

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“Anne could not explain. It was always difficult for Anne to explain things even when they were clear to herself, and in this case…

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“As long as skies are blue and fields are green Evening must usher night, night urge the morrow, Month follow month with woe, and…

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“What fools the public were! They were exactly like sheep…thought Mr. Abbott sleepily…following each other’s lead, neglecting one book and buying another just because…

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