Quote by Ellen Glasgow
Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting. - El

Women like to sit down with trouble – as if it were knitting. – Ellen Glasgow

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A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away. – Ellen Glasgow

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It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. – Ellen Glasgow

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Needlework
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Quilters know all the angles. – Author Unknown

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Good friends are like quilts – they age with you yet never lose their warmth. – Author Unknown

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From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts. – Honore de Balzac

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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. – Dorothy Day

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