25 Quotes by elizabeth enright

Never plan a picnic’ Father said. ‘Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never, never plan a picnic.

This was the hour she loved; this lonely hour when the others were distant in sleep and she was alone in the house; when she could cry if she wanted to, or curse, or sit at her work and think or remember and no longer be anything but herself. There is a latitude to late night, when one’s thoughts dare to travel, and the emotions are free, no longer frightened by confinement.

Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn’t jar or shake the feeling of happiness.

Gradually people began to speak of the place as Amberside, though there were a few diehards who never stopped calling it Villa Caprice, or, as in the case of Eli Scaynes, the Villa Cay-priss. But Julian and Joe and Tom and Lucy and Davey never called it anything but “the Blake’s house”; and Portia and Foster never called it anything but “home.” All their lives they knew that one of the best things that ever happened to them was to be able to call it that.

No matter how old a person gets, he’s never old in spring!

Good things must have comparers, I suppose,′ said Portia, ‘Or how would we knowhow good they are?

Bake in a slow oven – ” she continued. “Until the color and texture of grated charcoal,” said Rush. “Garnish with nuts, bolts, and old washers, and serve one month later.