"The evenings grew longer; kitchen windows stayed open after dinner and peepers could be heard in the marsh. Isabelle, stepping out to sweep her porch steps, felt absolutely certain that some wonderful change was arriving in her life. The strength of this belief was puzzling; what she was feeling, she decided, was really the presence of God."

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Source : Elizabeth Strout (2013). “Amy & Isabelle”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

Elizabeth Strout

#Feelings Quotes #Kitchen Quotes #Arriving Quotes

“The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into art; and art becomes the vehicle on which we ride out the truth of our experiences.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I have perceived much beauty In the hoarse oaths that kept our courage straight; Heard music in the silentness of duty; Found peace where shell-storms spouted reddest spate.”
“In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s.”
“...we should always act as if it were impossible to fail.”
“No artist work is so high, so noble, so grand, so enduring, so important for all time, as the making of character is a child.”
“Hell, when I was growing up, I could make a meal out of a package of Top Ramen and a bottle of Windex.”

Source : Coolio (2009). “Cookin' with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“If You Hang Around with a Bunch of Blunderers Long Enough, you Will Become One Yourself.”
“Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?”

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