sleepy hollow quote
Reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow for Sharp's class tomorrow.
Actually, no.
I'm listening to a download from Gutenberg (heads up, Mari. And possibly, Viktor. The rest of you, don't ask.)
Most of it is caricaturesque description (and narration, too) but this is cute.
"I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Some seem to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. It is a great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof of generalship to maintain possession of the latter, for man must battle for his fortress at every door and window. He who wins a thousand common hearts is therefore entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero."
Actually, no.
I'm listening to a download from Gutenberg (heads up, Mari. And possibly, Viktor. The rest of you, don't ask.)
Most of it is caricaturesque description (and narration, too) but this is cute.
"I profess not to know how women's hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Some seem to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways. It is a great triumph of skill to gain the former, but a still greater proof of generalship to maintain possession of the latter, for man must battle for his fortress at every door and window. He who wins a thousand common hearts is therefore entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero."