“It was sad, too, that this evening would never come again. The night winds were blowing it away. You could not stop the winds and you could not stop Time. It went on and on, — and on. To-morrow night would come and the moon would look down on this spot, — the trees and the grass, the wagon-tracks and the dead campfire. But she would not be here.” LoveLifeTimeQuotesLife QuotesA Lantern In Her HandBess Streeter Aldrich Book:A Lantern in Her Hand Source: A Lantern in Her Hand
“The child lived a life in each of two distant worlds and it is not possible to say which one she most enjoyed. One of them was made of moonbeams and star-dust, of night winds and coloured fancies, of aristocratic gentlemen and lovely ladies. The other was the equally pleasant one of boiled potatoes and salt pork, of games with Basil and Mary, of riding a-top old Buck or picking wild flowers at the edge of the timber.” Life QuotesQuotes From BooksA Lantern In Her HandBess Streeter Aldrich Book:A Lantern in Her Hand Source: A Lantern in Her Hand
“But even work could take upon itself a mast of fun. One could pretend, when threading the wicks into candle moulds, that one was stringing pearls accidentally broken at the ball, —that the long walk through the hazel-bush to the schoolhouse was between rows of admiring spectators who, instead of a mere rustling in the wind, were whispering, "There she goes, —there goes Abbie Mackenzie, the singer.” LifeImagine Wishful ThinkingA Lantern In Her HandBess Streeter Aldrich Book:A Lantern in Her Hand Source: A Lantern in Her Hand