The thing I love about Dickens is the omniscient, omnipotent narrator, and the great confidence of the narrator, which marks 19th-century novelists in general and Dickens in particular.
Elizabeth GilbertTrue wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.
Elizabeth GilbertI equal parts loved him and could not stand him. I couldn't wake him to share in my distress.
Elizabeth GilbertThe sound universe is also spectacular around here. In the evenings there's a cricket orchestra with frogs providing the bass line. In the dead of night the dogs howl about how misunderstood they are. Before dawn the roosters for miles around announce how freaking cool it is to be roosters.
Elizabeth Gilbert