Quotes by Sarah Orne Jewett

"Find your quiet center of life and write from that to the world."
— Sarah Orne Jewett
"The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair."
— Sarah Orne Jewett
"It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world."
— Sarah Orne Jewett
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Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine...