A Single Thread Quotes

“That is what we women are trained for, to give to others, to make others comfortable whatever we feel for ourselves. It can be tiring, thankless to be so generous all of the time. I would like to be a bell ringer. Just to go up in the tower and for an hour concentrate on nothing but the sound of the bells and my place in them. That to me would be heaven. – Chapter 22”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“When Gilda appeared—out of”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“She felt the strangeness of recognizing a place and yet not knowing it, of having a similar tone as if nothing had changed, yet everything had changed and aged, including Violet herself.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“When a women wants a cup of tea, usually she has to make it for herself, and forthe others around her. There is no better taste than a cup of tea someone has made for you.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“Women always studied other women, and did so far more critically than men ever did. Men didn’t notice the run in their stocking, the lipstick on their teeth, the dated, outgrown haircut, the skirt that pulled unflattering across the hips, the paste earrings that were a touch too gaudy. Violet registered every flaw and knew every flaw that was being noted about her.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“«… non era facile conoscere uomini liberi in quegli anni, perché i maschi adulti erano due milioni in meno delle femmine. “Donne in eccedenza”, così venivano chiamate quelle rimaste nubili a causa della guerra e che difficilmente si sarebbero sposate, una minaccia, anzi una vera tragedia per una società fondata sul matrimonio. I giornalisti avevano coniato quell’etichetta, che equivaleva quasi a un marchio d’infamia per chi la portava.»
Citazione scelta da Sabrina Colombo”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“Ma è questo che ci si aspetta da noi donne, no? Dobbiamo dare, dare, e aiutare gli altri, qualunque sia il nostro stato d’animo. È stancante e ingrato, a volte”.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“Father always said fishing is about not fishing as much as fishing.” Indeed. And about not thinking. We all need to do things that take us out of ourselves.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“He was a man, and it was expected of him to achieve.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“She was from an era when daughters were dutiful and deferential to their mothers, at least until they married and deferred to their husbands – not that Mrs. Speedwell had ever deferred much to hers.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“It is perhaps difficult to understand if you have not had children yourself. The biological imperative of the parent is to protect the child, and when that is impossible it feels like a failure, whatever the circumstances. It is a complicated feeling to live with for the rest of your life.”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread

“As is often the case, a leader comfortable with her authority does not need to be strident, but can afford to be generous. It”
― Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread