“Ah, well! then the young woman was only in advance of the age," said Miss Archer; "and what with that and the telephone, and that dreadful phonograph that bottles up all one says and disgorges at inconvenient times, we will soon be able to do everything by electricity; who knows but some genius will invent something for the especial use of lovers? something, for instance, to carry in their pockets, so when they are far away from each other, and pine for a sound of 'that beloved voice,' they will have only to take up this electrical apparatus, put it to their ears, and be happy. Ah! blissful lovers of the future!”
Quotes by Ella Cheever Thayer
“We do not take the lessons our experience teaches us, to heart immediately; first, their bitterness must be overcome.”
“Your ambition is great enough to render you useless and discontented, but you need something to stimulate your energy, else it will waste itself in idle dreams. Perhaps”
Ella Cheever Thayer
Ella Cheever Thayer was an American playwright and novelist known for her innovative contributions to literature in the late 19th century. Born in Maine, she initially worked as a telegraph operator, ...