"Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones There's something in this richness that I hate. I love the look, austere, immaculate, Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones."

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Source : Elinor Wylie, Evelyn Helmick Hively (2005). “Selected Works of Elinor Wylie”, p.18, Kent State University Press

Elinor Wylie

#Hate Quotes #Looks Quotes #Landscape Quotes

“Rejection always hurts, but having it come from my best friend was the worst.”
“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.”
“I don't think I'm boring.”
“It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy.”
“I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.”
“The minister expressed appreciation for the offer, and our embassy in Uzbekistan will be following up in more detail with them”

Source : "U.S. offers help with Uzbek terror" by Elise Labott, www.cnn.com. May 6, 2004.
“I am a friend. I have in my possession two thousand assorted buttons, eight hundred keys, and only one friend. Perhaps it is not something you can understand. I have not often been one before. I will be now.”
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”

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