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The Doll Collection QUOTES

The Doll Collection QUOTES

1 " Poor" is a word they never said, or "common." But the wife has worked so hard to make her vowels shallower and to lift her r's and to bring back her h's that she hardly speaks anymore; every time she opens her mouth, the farmhouse falls out all over again. "

― Ellen Datlow , The Doll Collection

2 " So the little girl collected feeling like a cistern collects the rain, and when she held too much, she pulled it out and sealed it in beautiful vessels. "

― Ellen Datlow , The Doll Collection

3 " Times have changed. People live longer, but that hasn't translated into longer childhoods. "

― Ellen Datlow , The Doll Collection