Quotes for All
We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and out of words like tourists on a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Put a book down in the kitchen to go to the bathroom and you might return to find it gone, … Read more
There is much made in the psychological literature of the effects of divorce on children, particularly as it comes to their own marriages, lo those many years later. We have always wondered why there is not more research done on the children of happy marriages. Our parents’ love is not some grand passion, there are … Read more
She never managed to find herself in these books no matter how hard she tried, exhuming traits from between the pages and donning them for an hour, a day, a week. We think in some ways, we have all done this our whole lives, searching for the book that will give us the keys to … Read more
A highly cultivated taste, a taste that is knowledgeable and eclectic, is likely to be exciting and provocative, a personal taste at its highest level. Eleanor Brown
Our destiny is in the way we were born, in the way we were raised, in the sum of the three of us. Eleanor Brown
Every room has a mood or personality…and it is this that one desires to develop. Eleanor Brown
We wear our names heavily. And though we have tried to escape their influence, they have seeped into us, and we find ourselves living their patterns again and again. Eleanor Brown
There is no problem a library card can’t solve. Eleanor Brown
You may have lost your way more than a little bit, but I believe you can find your way back. That’s the trick. Finding your way back. Eleanor Brown
Hurts and disappointments can hold gifts. Eleanor Brown