• Women have in their natures something akin to owls and fireflies. While men grow stupid and sleepy towards evening, they become brighter and more open-eyed, and show a propensity to flit and sparkle under the light of chandeliers.

  Abba Goold Woolson
  American writer
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. chandeliers
2. fireflies
3. open-eyed
4. evening
5. sparkle
6. under

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Women have in their natures something akin to owls and fireflies. While men grow stupid and sleepy towards evening, they become brighter and more open-eyed, and show a propensity to flit and sparkle under the light of chandeliers. by : Abba Goold Woolson

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