“Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
why was he so handsomely blond, so courteously aloof, so maddeningly boring with his talk about Europe and books and music and poetry and things that interested her not at all — and yet so desirable
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
Only when like marries like can there be any happiness.”
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
No wife has ever changed a husband one whit, and don’t you be forgetting that.
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
to survive a family must present an unbroken front to the world
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
Ellen’s life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman’s lot. It was a man’s world, and she accepted it as such
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
The inner grace from which these signs should spring, she never learned nor did she see any reason for learning it
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
The man owned the property, and the woman managed it
poornemahas quoted2 years ago
At sixteen, thanks to Mammy and Ellen, she looked sweet, charming and giddy, but she was, in reality, self-willed, vain and obstinate