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Needlework
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The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.' But this definition does not correspond to the work accomplished by good Chinese housewives. When they mend a sock, they do not try 'to imitate the texture of the stuff'. Their art makes no attempt at concealment: it even takes a certain pride in revealing itself.
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― The Maker of Heavenly Trousers
― The Maker of Heavenly Trousers
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Women derive a pleasure, incomprehensible to the other sex, from the delicate toil of the needle.
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― The Scarlet Letter
― The Scarlet Letter
