But Sarah, my dear, don’t wish for excitement. Interesting doesn’t always mean good. Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we learn to miss the most.
Lincoln turned away from her husband with a look of offended dignity, but before
Life and Letters (New York: Knopf, 1972); and John E. Washington, They Knew Lincoln (New York: Dutton, 1942). Of course, no work was more important than Elizabeth Keckley’s own memoir, Behind the Scen...
Hope is never false. One’s hopes may not be fulfilled, but that does not mean it was wrong to hope.
Christmas Sonatina by Carl Reinecke
One of the great advantages that we may derive from machinery is the check that it affords against the inattention, the idleness, or the dishonesty of human agents.
And as Miss Austen wrote, ‘It is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible to a generous public! A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable, old maid! The prope...
Nourishing
Loving one’s children does not guarantee that one will never fail them,
Brothers and I finished digging the grave he had already begun, and we buried him in the company of Mr. Orrick’s wife and two good German women, neighbors
The union of their shared lives could be a masterpiece, even if the colors of one piece clashed with another, even if uneven stitches showed, even if, from time to time, they had to pick out seams, re...
Smiles Form the Channel of a Future Tear
The manor
Longer,
Fear that people do indeed know what Hitler wants, and what he intends, and that is precisely why they vote for him. Not because they misunderstand him, but because they understand him very well, and...
She would almost prefer to fold her arms and sink into an eternal slumber, so that the great longing of her soul for peaceful rest would at last be gratified.
Perhaps Germany will serve as a warning, said Arvid. May they learn from us to snuff out fascism in America when the first sparks arise and not delay until democracy goes up in flames all around them....
May the New Year be as full of happiness and peace and friendship.
It’s painful to be the one not chosen, she murmured to Father Ryan, watching the younger pair. Even when you acknowledge, deep down, that the choice was the right one, it hurts to think that the one y...
In the midst of her bereavement, Elizabeth found comfort in a heartfelt, compassionate letter from Mrs. Lincoln and from the gentle kindness of Virginia, Walker, and Emma, whose eyes brimmed with tear...