Quotes by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

“He and the Cat looked at each other across that impassable barrier of silence which had been set between man and beast from the creation of the world.”

“It was true that in a measure she could take them with her, but, robbed of their old environments, they would appear in such new guises that they would almost cease to be themselves.”

“Oh, I know you think the corals too young for me. You have not worn them since you left off dotted muslins. You insist upon growing old. I insist upon remaining young.”