George Washington Cable Quotes

• And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.

  George Washington Cable

  Land, Silence, Mourning

  George Washington Cable (1988). “The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life”, p.9, University of Georgia Press

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• For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go.

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  Summer, June, Gossip

  George Washington Cable (1988). “The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life”, p.1, University of Georgia Press

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• Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

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  Cheerful, Lord, Giver

  George Washington Cable (1988). “The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life”, p.1, University of Georgia Press

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• It was in the Theatre St. Philippe (they has laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803.

  George Washington Cable

  New Orleans, Years, Cities

  George Washington Cable (1988). “The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life”, p.1, University of Georgia Press

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• Did I say the book of nature is a catechism? Yes, But, after it answers the first question with "God," nothing but questions follow.

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  Nature, Book, Answers

  George Washington Cable (1991). “OLD CREOLE DAYS: A Story of Creole Life”, p.18, Pelican Publishing Company

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