The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 7

by Beth Brower

“My life isn’t always my preferred method, and yet here I am, day in and day out.”

Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow. There do I find a never-failing store Of personal themes, and such as I love best.

Father had meant to take me, but there is never time for what one plans to do, only what one does.

“There’s nothing worse than someone who would shrink their generosity for the sake of keeping what they want,”