Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.
Jacqueline KellyMots clés reading books happiness calpurnia
One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.
Jacqueline KellyMots clés reading books peaches peach-pits white-knights
But my mother's life was a never-ending round of maintenance. Not one single thing did she ever achieve but that it had to be done all over again, one day or one week or one season later. Oh, the monotony.
Jacqueline KellyMots clés mothers
My grandfather had given me Mr. Darwin's book to read. He had given me the possibility of a different kind of life. but none of it mattered. Instead there was The Science of Housewifery for me. I was blind; I was pathetic. The century was about to change, but my own little life would not change with it.
Jacqueline KellyBy 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.
Jacqueline KellyIt was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.
Jacqueline KellyMots clés knowledge-life-humor
Lula," I said, "do you ever think about getting married?"
I guess I do. Doesn't everybody?"
You have to let your husband kiss you once you're married. And you have to kiss him back."
No," she said.
Yes." I nodded, as if I knew everything there was to know about husbands and wives kissing. "That's what they do together."
Do you have to?"
Oh, absolutely. It's the law."
I never heard of that law," she said dubiously.
It's true, it's Texas law," I said.
It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.
Jacqueline KellyIt is better to travel with hope in one's heart than to arrive in safety. . . . We should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over. The day the experiment succeeds is the day the experiment ends. And I inevitably find that the sadness of ending outweighs the celebration of success.
Jacqueline KellyEs asombroso lo que uno puede ver cuando se sienta a mirar.
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