Henry Handel Richardson Quotes

After all, there was something rather pleasant in knowing that you were misunderstood. It made you feel different from everyone else.

The most sensitive,the most delicate of instruments is the mind of a little child

Laura began to model herself more and more on those around her; to grasp that the unpardonable sin is to vary from the common mould.

She could not then know that, even for the squarest peg, the right hole may ultimately be found

For out of it all rose the vague, crude picture of woman as the prey of man. Man was animal, a composite of lust and cruelty, with no aim but that of brutally taking his pleasure: something monstrous, yet to be adored; annihilating, yet to be sought after; something to flee and, at the same time, to entice, with every art at one's disposal.

The truth that could be extracted from words was such a fluctuating, relative truth

Laura tried her utmost, with an industry born of despair.

Oh my eye Betty Martin! Aren't I glad it isn't me that's going to school! It looks just like a prison.