Sarah Orne Jewett - Death Quotes

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She had no equal in sickness, and knew how to brew every old-fashioned dose and to make every variety of herb-tea, and when her nursing was put to an end by her patient's death, she was commander-in-chief at the funeral.

Sarah Orne Jewett

The mysterious moment of death proves to be a moment of waking. How one longs to take it for one's self!

Sarah Orne Jewett

In these days the young folks is all copy-cats, 'fraid to death they won't be all just alike; as for the old folks, they pray for the advantage o' bein' a little different.

Sarah Orne Jewett