Quotes from Ellen Douglas

But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions?

But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men's plots and passions?

Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the lives of other people.

When she thinks a book is very good, what she says to herself is: yes, that's how things are. I hadn't thought of it before, but that's how things are.

But the book! The siren song of the book!

Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the lives of other people.