Wednesday, June 4, 2008

My Favorite Quote...

...from the book "Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper"...

"Her days glitter, round and new, like gold coins in a huge jar, filled almost to the brim, her only worry how to spend them." --Harriet Scott Chessman

In the book, this is the way that the dying Lydia Cassatt, sister to the famous artist Mary, describes her sister. The language in this book is like chocolate --rich and sweet. Chessman, in describing the Paris impressionists scene and the relationship between two sisters, is a word artist, painting beautiful word pictures. The story of the sisters engages the reader with such tenderness. I loved this book and learned much more about Mary Cassatt in the process.

1 comment:

Bonita said...

That sounds so pretty. I have to admit though that my first little selfish thought was how nice it would be to have to worry about how to spend my days. That's a worry that always seems to take care of itself without too much luxury time left on my hands!