“Red onions are especially divine. I hold a slice up to the sunlight pouring in through the kitchen window, and it glows like a fine piece of antique glass. Cool watery-white with layers delicately edged with imperial purple...strong, humble, peaceful...with that fiery nub of spring green in the center...””
Quotes by Mary Hays
“No hay hada que te haga sentir más sola que pasar el resto de tu vida con alguien con quien no se pueda hablar, o peor, con alguien con quien no se pueda estar en silencio.””
“Hay muchos hombres que no guardan recuerdos. No quiere recuerdos. Eso no quiere decir nada.””
“Quizás hay en los libros algún tipo de instinto secreto que les lleva a sus lectores perfectos. ¡Sería maravilloso que fuera verdad!””
“What to wear on a Minnesota farm? The older farmers I know wear brown polyester jumpsuits, like factory workers. The younger ones wear jeans, but the forecast was for ninety-five degrees with heavy humidity. The wardrobe of Quaker ladies in their middle years runs to denim skirts and hiking boots. This outfit had worked fine for me in England. But one of my jobs in Minnesota will be to climb onto the industrial cuisinart in the hay barn and mix fifty-pound bags of nutritional supplement and corn into blades as big as my body. Getting a skirt caught in that thing would be bad news for Betty Crocker.””
Mary Hays was an influential English novelist and feminist writer, known for her contributions to early feminist literature and her advocacy for women's rights. Born around 1760, she emerged as a prom...