“In real life, you eat the cinnamon toast, even if your heart is burning.” HeartbreakReality Of Life Book:The Hired Girl Source: The Hired Girl
“He pried Clara's arms loose and stood up, smoothing his wrinkled coat. Clara looked straight into his face. Her eyelids were red, but her gaze was like a lance. Dr. Wintermute had a sudden, uncomfortable conviction that she had seen into his soul. It was a look he was to remember often in the weeks to come.” Despair Book:Splendors and Glooms Source: Splendors and Glooms
“Even though there were too many feelings, it strikes me that having them all at once, all tangled together, is one of the most interesting things that's ever happened to me.” FeelingsGrowing Up Book:The Hired Girl Source: The Hired Girl
“But I think the most important thing those books gave me was a kind of faith. My books promised me that life wasn’t just made up of workaday tasks and prosaic things. The world is bigger and more colorful and more important than that.” Books Book:The Hired Girl Source: The Hired Girl
“I have always thought that if something dreadful happened, I would be very brave, but when someone has a needle next to your eye, it’s different.” Bravery Book:The Hired Girl Source: The Hired Girl
“She cried because Muffet loved her and because Hyacinth didn't.” LoveCriedHyacinthMuffet Book:A Drowned Maiden's Hair Source: A Drowned Maiden's Hair
“The girls who come into my library adore the prettiness of fairies, theminiature-ness. But they are also nature lovers and lovers of adventure -- the future wild women of America. I couldn't help thinking that these little girls who love fairies deserve something lively.” ThinkingLittlesHelpingAmericaGirlAdventureLoversDeserveLibraryFairyAdoreLivelyNature LoveNature LoverWild WomenPrettiness Author:Laura Amy Schlitz