Elizabeth Coatsworth Quotes

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During much of my life, I was anxious to be what someone else wanted me to be. Now I have given up that struggle. I am what I am.

Elizabeth Coatsworth

No wonder the tulip is the patron flower of Holland. Looking at it one almost smells fresh paint laid on in generous brilliance: doors, blinds, whole houses, canal boats, pails, farm wagons—all painted in greens, blues, reds, pinks, yellows.

Elizabeth Coatsworth

The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,/ set the clouds/ to one great roof of flame/ above the earth.

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Governments may change, and opinions, and the very appearance of lands themselves, but the slowest thing to change is religion. What has once been associated with worship becomes holy in itself, and self-perpetuating, always built upon the foundation of mingled awe and attraction which the unknown has for the mind of man.

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Only of one thing I am sure:
when I dream
I am always ageless.

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Born: May 31, 1893

Died: August 31, 1986 (aged 93)

Bio: Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth was an American writer of fiction and poetry for children and adults.

Known for:

The Cat Who Went to Heaven (1930)
Away goes Sally (1934)
The Fair American (1940)
Five Bushel Farm (1939)

Elizabeth Coatsworth on Wikipedia

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