Sarah Orne Jewett, The Country Of The Pointed Firs Quotes
A community narrows down and grows dreadful ignorant when it is shut up to its own affairs, and gets no knowledge of the outside world except from a cheap, unprincipled paper.
It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.
I couldn't help thinkin' if she was as far out o' town as she was out o' tune, she wouldn't get back in a day.