I went to bed last night utterly dejected; I thought I was never going to amount to anything, and that you had thrown away your money for nothing. But what do you think? I woke up this morning with a beautiful new plot in my head, and I've been going about all day planning my characters, just as happy as I could be. No one can ever accuse me of being a pessimist! If I had a husband and twelve children swallowed by an earthquake one day, I'd bob up smilingly the next morning and commence to look for another set. ~Jershua Abbott β¨ Jean Webster (2016). Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated, p.102, Jester House Publishing
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- βBe careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole. β¨ Jean Webster (2015). Daddy-Long-Legs, p.49, Sheba Blake Publishing
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