I've found that people who look at things as they are, and not as they wish them to be, are the ones who succeed.
Sarah Orne Jewettwe have these instincts which defy all our wisdom and for which we never can frame any laws. ... They are powers which are imperfectly developed in this life, but one cannot help the thought that the mystery of this world may be the commonplace of the next.
Sarah Orne JewettYes'm, old friends is always best, 'less you can catch a new one that's fit to make an old one out of.
Sarah Orne JewettThe process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.
Sarah Orne Jewett