Category Archives: Human Nature quotes

Tell Someone Today Just How Lovely They Really Are

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Lynette
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A Past full of Eccentric People Doing Things

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Lynette

“They were funny, these old women; they may have talked constantly of the past, but it was a past full of particular and often eccentric people doing things that charmed and amused me.  I remarked on it once to Grammaude: … Continue reading →

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Thus the visual society

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Lynette

“If a man  is tall, then clearly he has authority.  If he has a gorgeous voice, then his words are also golden.  If he looks…remote and spiritual, then so is the man within.  Thus the visual society.  Except that just … Continue reading →

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Boyd was a Perfect Cowboy

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Lynette

“Frank thought for a minute.  Boyd was a perfect cowboy.  All he cared about was cows, but he did care about cows.  He could see a sore-footed one from almost two miles off, as Frank had one day found out. … Continue reading →

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Never Slow Down, Never Look Back

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Lynette

“As always, Marley was faithfully by my side,  and as I scratched his ears, it occurred to me that he was at about the same turning point in life.  We had brought him home six years earlier.  In dog years, … Continue reading →

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If You Think I’m going to be Flattered by your Visit You’re mistaken

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Lynette

“After dinner they went into the sitting room, where the cook announced the Viscountess de Montmort.  This lady, naturally, did not associate with the middle-class people of the village; she wouldn’t invite them into her home any more than she would … Continue reading →

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