“Whitewash and blue cotton, and weary faces in the women’s wards; whitewash and brown fustian, and sullen, stupid looks in the men’s; this was all that Trevithic carried away in his brain that first day; - misery and whitewash, and a dull, choking atmosphere from which he was ashamed almost to escape into the open fields outside the town, across which his way led back to the station.” HealthSicknessHospitals Book:Jack the Giant Killer Source: Jack the Giant Killer
“Here in our country cottage the long summer is coming to an end, in falling leaves and setting suns, and gold and russet, where green shoots were twinkling a little time ago.” Summer Book:Jack the Giant Killer Source: Jack the Giant Killer
“Some very dull and sad people have genius though the world may not count it as such; a genius for love, or for patience, or for prayer, maybe. We know the divine spark is here and there in the world: who shall say under what manifestations, or humble disguise!” PeopleKnowsWorldMayPrayerDivineGeniusHumbleManifestationDullSparksDisguiseHere And There Author:Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
“People seem to think themselves in some ways superior to heaven itself, when they complain of the sorrow and want round about them. And yet it is not the devil for certain who puts pity into their hearts.” PeopleThinkingWayWantHeartSeemsCertainHeavenSorrowDevilRoundsComplainingSuperiorsPity Author:Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
“If you give a man a fish, he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish, you do him a good turn.” IfsMenGivingTurnsHoursTeachFishesHungryCatching FishTeach A Man To Fish Author:Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie