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Sarah Orne Jewett

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Sarah Orne Jewett was an American novelist recognized for her regionalist and naturalist writing. Born on September 3, 1849, in South Berwick, Maine, she spent much of her life in the coastal town of Cape Porpoise. Her works often depicted the life and culture of the New England coast, particularly Maine. Jewett's writing is known for its vivid descriptions of nature and its focus on the human condition. She passed away on June 24, 1909.

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Famous Sarah Orne Jewett Quotes

“You must find your own quiet center of life, and write from that to the world.”

World Writing Quiet

Author:Sarah Orne Jewett

“It seems to me like stealing, for men and women to live in the world and do nothing to make it better.”

Men World Seems Men And Women Stealing

Book:Novels and Stories

Source: Novels and Stories

“It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the secret to happiness in this world is not only to be useful, but to be forever elevating one's uses.”

People World Use Can Do Secret Forever This World Elevating Secret To Happiness

Book:Novels and Stories

Source: Novels and Stories

“A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.”

Ifs World Giving Wells Littles Strong Grows Return Good Things Harbors Adventurer

Book:Deephaven, and other stories

Source: Deephaven, and other stories

“There was a patient look on the old man's face, as if the world were a great mistake and he had nobody with whom to speak his own language or find companionship.”

Ifs Men World Looks Faces Speak Language Mistake Patience Patient Endurance Old Man Companionship Great Mistakes

Book:The Country of the Pointed Firs

Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs

“Imagination is the only true thing in the world!”

World Imagination True Things

Book:Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett

Source: Letters of Sarah Orne Jewett

“It is only unimaginative persons who can be really astonished. The imagination can always outrun the possible and actual sights and sounds of the world.”

World Persons Sound Imagination Sight Outrun Sight And Sound

Book:The Country of the Pointed Firs: And Selected Short Fiction

Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs: And Selected Short Fiction

“we have these instincts which defy all our wisdom and for which we never can frame any laws. ... They are powers which are imperfectly developed in this life, but one cannot help the thought that the mystery of this world may be the commonplace of the next.”

World May Helping Law Next Mystery This World Instinct This Life Commonplace

Book:Deephaven and Other Stories

Source: Deephaven and Other Stories

“It is not often given in a noisy world to come to the places of great grief and silence.”

World Given Grief Silence Noise Noisy

Book:The Country of the Pointed Firs

Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs

About the Author

Born: September 3, 1849
Died: June 24, 1909
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 63

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