Date: 1860
"Among the threads of the past which the stricken man had gathered up, he had omitted the bill of sale: the flash of memory had only lit up prominent ideas, and he sank into forgetfulness again with half his humiliation unlearned."
preview | full record— Eliot, George (1819-1880)
Date: 1860
"At last there was total stiilness, and poor Tulliver's dimly-lighted soul had for ever ceased to be vexed with the painful riddle of this world."
preview | full record— Eliot, George (1819-1880)
Date: 1999
"I know her mind is full of darkness, nastiness, things best forgotten or left unmentioned."
preview | full record— Budnitz, Judy (b. 1973)