Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2009). “The Country of the Pointed Firs”, p.268, Broadview Press
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“By comparing what we know today with what the ancients appear to have known we can guess at the kinds of wine they drank.”
“She's kind of a walking poem, she's this perfect beauty...but at the same time very deep, very smart.”
“Much of the big media outlets in North America are owned by arms manufacturers, like Westinghouse, or G.E. [General Electric]. That's unacceptable. So we're not getting editorial policy, we're not getting a vision of truth. People just don't know what is going on anymore, and that's really dangerous stuff.”
“I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.”
“I am close - too close - with my family.”
“Particular lies may speak a general truth.”
“I just want to thank God for everything he has done in my life.”
“No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was delicious. Did you make it yourself?”
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