“History ... with its long, leisurely, gentlemanly labors, the books arriving by post, the cards to be kept and filed, the sections to be copied, the documents to be checked, is the ideal pursuit for the New England mind.” MindLongBookHistoryIdealsLaborEnglandPursuitCardsPostsDocumentsSectionsArrivingNew EnglandGentlemanly Book:A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society Source: A View of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society
“The greatest gift is a passion for reading.” BookPassionReadingReading BooksLiteracyIlluminationBook ReadingGreatest GiftsBooks And ReadingJoy Of ReadingEducation And LiteracyKnowledge Of The WorldReading And LiteracyFluencyReading AloudGreat ReadingImportance Of Reading Author:Elizabeth Hardwick
“Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.” GivingBookReadingReading Books Author:Elizabeth Hardwick
“It is June. This is what I have decided to do with my life just now. I will do this work and lead this life, the one I am leading today. Each morning the blue clock and the crocheted bedspread, the table with the Phone, the books and magazines, the Times at the door.” BookTodayMorningDoorsDecidedBlueTablesPhonesMagazinesThis LifeClockJune Author:Elizabeth Hardwick
