Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 12
Quotes from book
The Country of the Pointed Firs
The Country of the Pointed Firs is an 1896 novel by American writer Sarah Orne Jewett. It is considered by some literary critics to be her finest work.
“So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end.”
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 19
“The old poets little knew what comfort they could be to a man.”
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 5
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 7
“The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.”
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 19
“Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.”
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 16
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 15
“Captain Littlepage had overset his mind with too much reading.”
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 5
Source: The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896), Ch. 7
