Conversation's got to have some root in the past, or else you've got to explain every remark you make, an' it wears a person out.
Sarah Orne JewettThere was a patient look on the old man's face, as if the world were a great mistake and he had nobody with whom to speak his own language or find companionship.
Sarah Orne JewettDo not hurry too fast in these early winter days, - a quiet hour is worth more to you than anything you can do in it.
Sarah Orne Jewett