“I love that after a day when nothing is sure, and when I say 'nothing' I mean nothing, you can come home and absolutely know that if you add egg yolks to chocolate and sugar and milk, it will get thick. It's such a comfort.” IfsKnowsMeanHomeComfortAddEggsChocolateComing HomeMilkSugarThick Author:Julie Powell
“Worship demands the far distances of God; it protests against the little, the near, the material. It must love but it must look up. It cannot live without the note of spirituality and universality, if not mystery. The ascension, the passing of Christ within the veil, answers this need. So does a full-robed Christianity add to definiteness of knowledge the outreach of imagination and home.” IfsNeedsLooksLittlesDoeHomeSpiritualityChristImaginationAnswersChristianityMysteryMaterialsDemandWorshipDistanceAddNotesPassingPassingsLook UpProtestVeilsAscensionUniversalityOutreachFar Distance Book:Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock Source: Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock
“I believe that the matter is automatically self-regulating; that those women who prefer the home and have an ability for it will eventually return to it; that others, like myself, will compromise; and that still others, temperamentally unfitted for it, will remain in the world to add to its productivity.” WorldBelieveStillsSelfMatterHomeI BelieveWomenAbilityReturnAddProductivityCompromise Book:My Story Source: My Story