The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 Quotes

“But my true love is the evening walk, that last hour of daylight that has its way with sunlight, shadow, and soul. That was the case this evening. The lamps were lit, light coming from the houses, and there walked I, alone, and not upset to be so.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“While there are many things beyond our control, I’ve always thought the cruellest is that we mortals are not told when our last glance is just that.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“It takes a courageous man to marry a woman with a mind.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“On a cream card a single word was scrawled: Imperterritus. I flipped the card over, and embossed in gold was a beautiful lion. It was not docile, neither was it ferocious or violent, rather, it was undaunted. Which is what, I learned upon investigation, Imperterritus means in Latin. Undaunted. Fearless.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“and you will look very thoughtful and intelligent. Let us hope you are. Unless you hope to marry soon. Then let us hope you are not. It takes a courageous man to marry a woman with a mind.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“I once asked him about the afterlife. I said, "Maxwell, what do you think it will be like?"
He answered back, "Well, Lion, I can't rightly say, but I do hope I'll know better what to do with that one than I do with the one I've got at present.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“Keep your answers brief, tidy, and without too many loose strings she can pull at.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“I sounded more confident than I felt; one of the great secrets to life.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“His smile came easily, but I could almost see the marionette strings pulling it onto his face. I don’t trust him at all.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“The garret has mice.
I weep.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“Most times what is amusing in my head is only that, in my head alone.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“I’m beginning to think I want you to encourage my eccentricities when I grow old.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“Why does life give such a decision to a girl of only thirteen?”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“walked longingly past The Dalliance today”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“I look in this mirror and recognise myself less now than when I was a child. I suppose that happens when you’ve grown up and still don’t understand your place in the world.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“He seems to know just what to do with language. It hovers beside him”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“Rain”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“But my true love is the evening walk”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“While there are many things beyond our control”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“Most times what is amusing in my head is only that, in my head alone. This point was proved once again, only this afternoon.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“It’s not surprising the Postmaster General is fighting tooth and nail against the industry,” I said, sounding far more educated on the subject than I really am. “You can see how difficult it would be if everyone were able to say what usually must be sent through the post. That is giving the people tremendous power.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“a conversation I would not indulge again.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“I developed a rather unfortunate habit of redaction,”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“unaware”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“It is not that he is a hermit”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“I found myself wakened in the early hours to a sound that haunted me at school. The scurry. The scrape. The scratch. Followed by an all too earthly squeak. The garret has mice.
I weep.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“Gossip is as catching as the plague ever was.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“He’s not only thin in person”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“he simply maintains an economy of interaction that is spare in its elegance.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1

“You wear spectacles, Mary?' I said as she stepped past me into the hall.

'Not real ones, but he doesn't need to know,' she replied.

'Ah, wonderful!' I exclaimed. 'I've a pair of cheaters, myself. I wear the in the garret when I want to feel. like an educated spinster. But they've no lenses. Yours look positively bluestocking.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1