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"The Country of the Pointed Firs" Quotes
"The Country of the Pointed Firs" by Sarah Orne Jewett is a series of interconnected sketches portraying the life and people of a small, coastal village in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, as observed by a visiting narrator.
Quotes
When one really knows a village like this and its surroundings, it is like becoming acquainted with a single person.
There is a kind of contentment that one feels in the presence of nature.
The world of the living was as familiar as the world of the dead.
The world appears to be full of people who are trying to be good neighbors.
It was a lonely soul that had drifted away from its moorings.
It is curious how things happen when one is least expecting them.
The summer days are long and full of light.
There are few greater pleasures than a walk by the sea.
The best of us are only human.
Time seemed to stand still in that little village.
