Indian summer Quote by Elizabeth Enright

“Each day the sun shone, the birds lingered, though the trees were turning, purely out of habit, and their rose and yellow and rust…

— Elizabeth Enright

“All over the city lights were coming on in the purple-blue dusk. The street lights looked delicate and frail, as though they might suddenly…

— Elizabeth Enright

“Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin," remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do…

— Elizabeth Enright

“October sunshine bathed the park with such a melting light that it had the dimmed impressive look of a landscape by an old master.”

— Elizabeth Enright

“Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn't…

— Elizabeth Enright

Never plan a picnic' Father said. 'Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never,…

— Elizabeth Enright

“In Nina Kimbereley's garden the scabiosa flowers were dark as garnet brooches; the nicotiana a veil of tossing crimson stars. Nothing was usual, or…

— Elizabeth Enright

“Already he knew that to overdo a thing is to destroy it.”

— elizabeth enright

“Now isn't that nice!' said the old lady. 'If cousins are the right kind, they're best of all: kinder than sisters and brothers, and…

— Elizabeth Enright

“I thought of many an autumn I had known: Seemly autumns approaching deliberately, with amplitude. I thought of wild asters, Michaelmas daisies, mushrooms, leaves…

— Elizabeth Enright

“I loved the flash of jewels and the luster of satin. In those days women dressed. ”

— Elizabeth Enright

“The dishes," [Garnet] said. "Oh, let them stand for once!" cried Mrs. Linden grandly, "we can do them when we come home. This is…

— Elizabeth Enright