The grief of childhood is terrible while it lasts, it is so abandoned and so all-possessing.
Gertrude AthertonMen are not amusing during the shooting season; but, after all, my dear, men were not especially designed to amuse women.
Gertrude AthertonIt took me some time to learn that although every one secretly cherishes the ambition to be 'put in a book,' no one is ever satisfied with anything save incense, butter, and honey, unrelieved by salt or spice.
Gertrude Atherton