101 Quotes by Nancy Rubin Stuart

Illness was thus considered not so much a condition of the human body as a reflection of a doubting or ailing spirit.

Discretion was bred into the Shippens' bones Whatever arguments, embarrassments , or regrets the family expressed were hidden behind their handsomely polished front doors.

Human existence, he believed, was a series of spiritual gradations through which man evolved to a higher state by virtue of his deeds.

Like the threads of finely woven linen, the warp and woof of friendship uniting the Warrens and Adams through successive generations was once again seamlessly bound.

Peggy was equally enchanted with the older, more sexually experienced Arnold. Long after their honeymoon and first years of marriage, she continued to praise Arnold as 'the best of husbands.

Rhythms. You can almost feel them on suburban streets, divine the hour of the day without consulting a clock from the sounds heard in the cool, leafy neighborhoods.

Her life was expected to be as anonymous as the era's needlework.

Hysterical. That word had unfortunate ramifications.

The great suburban mansions and modest tract homes are often silent all day, mausoleums to a dream, the streets hushed until the schoolchildren return home.