Elizabeth Gaskell Quote

Helen of Troy Does Counter DancingThe world is full of womenwho'd tell me I should be ashamed of myselfif they had the chance. Quit dancing.Get some self-respectand a day job.Right. And minimum wage,a...

Red FoxThe red fox crosses the iceintent on none of my business.It's winter and slim pickings.I stand in the bushy cemetery,pretending to watch birds,but really watching the foxwho could care less.She...

Girl Without HandsWalking through the ruinson your way to workthat do not look like ruinswith the sunlight pouring overthe seen worldlike hail or meltedsilver, that brightand magnificent, each leafand...

Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thi...

It is the blight man was born for. It is Margaret you mourn for.

Not exactly true. I'd briefly met the ghost of one, but he hadn't been much help.A moment of silence as she studied me through the mirror. my stutter fell away. She drove for a minute, the silence he...

I have so much hate that it has turned into love.

I only mean, Bessy, there's good and bad in everything in this world; and as you felt the bad up here, I thought it was but fair you should know the bad down there.

Simon, mark well my words! Wives are the devil ­ and I know!'`In truth,' Alan sighed, `I am the only wise one amongst us all.'`Art a silly lad!' Fulk rumbled, and cast him an affectionatethough fiery...