This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes … - Sarah Orne Jewett

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I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.

Sarah Orne Jewett

This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight, like a spy, through the ripening country-side, and, with feigned sympathy for those who droop with August heat, puts her cool cloak of bracing air about leaf and flower and human shoulders.

Autumn, Country, Flower, Human, Leaf, Summer

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A story should be managed so that it should suggest interesting things to the reader instead of the author's doing all the thinking for him, and setting it before him in black and white.

Black And White, Interesting, Managed, Reader, Setting, Thinking

A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.

Strong, Giving, World, Good, Harbor

I've found that people who look at things as they are, and not as they wish them to be, are the ones who succeed.

Reality, Thinking, People, Found, Look

My childhood is very vivid to me, and I don't feel very different now from the way I felt then. It would appear I am the very same person, only with wrinkles.

Age, Appear, Childhood, Wrinkles

The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.

Friendship, True Friend, Growth, True