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capri0mniBecause my pink-and-violet piggie is far too spring-like, now that we are into autumn (and I, at least, am contemplating the depth of winter already).
And then, I got the idea to use an E. Nesbit quote for my caption. She's one of my heroes. She "agitated" in the British Suffragette movement by writing children's stories with active, adventurous girl protagonists.
Unfortunately, there are fewer E. Nesbit witticisms gathered online than I had hoped -- WikiQuote has no page for her at all. *sadface* But I did find this quote at GoodReads.com:
Hee!
Not particularly writing-centric, but it made me happy. So I had to share
Edited to add -- okay, here's a longer passage (much too long for an icon quote) where she does expound on writing, and why "fantasy" is more pleasing than "realistic" fiction:
And then, I got the idea to use an E. Nesbit quote for my caption. She's one of my heroes. She "agitated" in the British Suffragette movement by writing children's stories with active, adventurous girl protagonists.
Unfortunately, there are fewer E. Nesbit witticisms gathered online than I had hoped -- WikiQuote has no page for her at all. *sadface* But I did find this quote at GoodReads.com:
(Begin quote -- from The New Treasure Seekers [1904])
"Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I think. If a girl isn't a lady, it isn't worth while to be only like one, she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder."
(end quote)
Hee!
Not particularly writing-centric, but it made me happy. So I had to share
Edited to add -- okay, here's a longer passage (much too long for an icon quote) where she does expound on writing, and why "fantasy" is more pleasing than "realistic" fiction:
(Begin quote -- from Five Children and It [1902])
. . . I feel that I could go on and make this into a most interesting story about all the ordinary things that the children did - just the kind of things you do yourself, you know - and you would believe every word of it; and when I told about the children's being tiresome, as you are sometimes, your aunts would perhaps write in the margin of the story with a pencil, 'How true!' or 'How like life!'and you would see it and very likely be annoyed. So I will only tell you the really astonishing things that happened, and you may leave the book about quite safely, for no aunts and uncles either are likely to write 'How true!' on the edge of the story.
(end quote)
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