Little Century Quotes

“She does not flinch from the caress, because she feels very strong. She walks everywhere she goes but is never tired.”
― Anna Keesey, Little Century

“For someone who needs refuge, a key is provided.”
― Anna Keesey, Little Century

“His very limbs feel different, as if they know that sometime soon there might be a little softness, a little love to spend like money, and the body's whole business won't be to keep itself alive on skinflint rations. Yes, she is a pleasant girl, intelligent. And under him, or inside him, spring is banging its little green drum.”
― Anna Keesey, Little Century

“A waltz begins, that floating, sweet rhythm. The fiddle is plaintive. A few minutes ago she was at least pleasantly contented. Now certain of the notes dip into her like ladles and come up full of loneliness. The people in the room recede. They are strangers, every one.”
― Anna Keesey, Little Century

“Everyone is drinking. She can feel them out there drinking, turning into beasts.”
― Anna Keesey, Little Century