George Washington Cable Professions : NovelistBorn : October 12, 1844Died : January 31, 1925 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by George Washington Cable 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 mourningsilenceland 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-orleanscitiesyears For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go. George Washington Cable gossipjunesummer Did I say the book of nature is a catechism? Yes, But, after it answers the first question with "God," nothing but questions follow. George Washington Cable natureanswersbook Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver. George Washington Cable givercheerfullord There came to port last Sunday night the queerest little craft, without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked - and laughed. It seemed so curious that she should cross the unknown water, and moor herself within my room - my daughter! O my daughter! George Washington Cable sundaydaughterwaternight Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelistAll Authors
