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Women never hit what they aim at, ... but if they shut their eyes and shoot in the air they generally find themselves in the bull's eye.

— Kate Douglas Wiggin New Chronicles of Rebecca (1907)

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Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)

Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.

With the wonderful water round you curled

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)

Miranda Sawyer had a heart, of course, but she had never used it for any other purpose than the pumping and circulating of blood.”

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)

Salemina is so English! I can’t think how she manages. She is, in fact, more than English; she is British.

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