Anne Douglas Sedgwick

thumb|She must learn not to take, always, the extra inch when the ell is so gladly granted. Anne Douglas Sedgwick (28 March 1873 – 19 July 1935) was an American-born British writer. She wrote novels throughout her adult life, two collections of short stories, and a volume of reminiscences of the Comtesse de Cabarru. Quotes Tante (1912) Karen has many privileges. She must learn not to take, always, the extra inch when the ell is so gladly granted. p.314 These insolent words, hurled at it, convulsed the livid face that fronted Karen. And suddenly, holding Karen's shoulders and leaning forward, Madame von Marwitz broke into tears, horrible tears—in all her life Karen had never pitied her as she pitied her then—sobbing with raking breaths: "No, no; it is too much. Have I not loved him with a saintly love, seeking to uplift what would draw me down? Has he not loved me? Has he not sought to be my lover? And he can spit upon me in the dust!" p.345 Her eyes came back to Karen's face and fury again seized her. "And as for you, ungrateful girl—perfidious, yes, and insolent one—you deserve to be denounced to the world." p.345 External links Category:1873 births Category:1935 deaths Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Women authors from the United Kingdom Category:Novelists from the United Kingdom Category:Short story writers from the United Kingdom Category:Women born in the 1870s