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“ It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance that knows what you know. I see so many of these new folks nowadays, that seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation's got to have some root in the past, or else you've got to explain every remark you make, an' it wears a person out. ”

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The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

~ Sarah Orne Jewett

There's more women likes to be loved than there is of those that loves.

~ Sarah Orne Jewett

The bright flower was like a face. Somehow, the beauty and life of it were surprising in the plain room, like a gay little child who might suddenly appear in a doorway.

~ Sarah Orne Jewett

There are plenty of people dragging themselves miserably through the world, because they are clogged and fettered with work for which they have no fitness... I can't help believing that nothing is better than to find one's work early and hold fast to it, and put all one's heart into it.

~ Sarah Orne Jewett