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7dfe776 I knew I should be grateful to Mrs Guinea, only I couldn't feel a thing. If Mrs Guinea had given me a ticket to Europe, or a round-the-world cruise, it wouldn't have made one scrap of difference to me, because wherever I sat - on the deck of a ship or a street cafe in Paris or Bangkok - I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air. depression guilt mental-health sour stagnent stale the-bell-jar travel Sylvia Plath
55c70a4 I have become a sour woman. I take no joy in meat nor mead, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me. I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once. catelyn emptiness empty grief longing sour woman George R.R. Martin
4f79ab1 It takes a sour woman to make a good pickle. sour woman Michael Chabon
4d1c9ab For all his sourness, he was ruled by his heart. barnabas heart madison rule sour Kim Harrison
5a8e692 My birthday cake was her latest project because it was not from a mix but instead built from scratch- the flour, the baking soda, lemon-flavored because at eight that had been my request; I had developed a strong love for sour. We'd looked through several cookbooks together to find just the right one, and the smell in the kitchen was overpoweringly pleasant. To be clear: the bite I ate was delicious. Warm citrus-baked batter lightness enfolded by cool deep dark swirled sugar. lemon-flavor mother-and-daughter rose-edelstein sour Aimee Bender