The Farmhouse on Cemetery Hill Rd Quotes

“Ever since the night I had walked in on Matt belittling his graduate student I wondered if many of the ways he denied my fears or corrected what I thought as though not serious, was actually gaslighting.”
― Cynthia Herbert-Bruschi Adams, The Farmhouse on Cemetery Hill Rd

“She also had the advantage of being unattractive; her nose was pointed a bit, her hair was rather lack luster, and her large teeth not only protruded but were set above a small chin. Truth-be-known a few of the children in the parish secretly called her “Whinny” and made sounds like a horse when she passed by. The advantages of this appearance were that it kept tongues from wagging and caused no discomfort for the Deacon’s wife. Her lack of outer beauty also insured her availability as she had no family to attend to and was unlikely to have such prospects.”
― Cynthia Herbert-Bruschi Adams, The Farmhouse on Cemetery Hill Rd

“Perhaps my work in the yard was a way to avoid the effort, decisions and expense which were hanging over us as we began to make this old house solid and livable.”
― Cynthia Herbert-Bruschi Adams, The Farmhouse on Cemetery Hill Rd