˝Assuming he’s not too mature...

"Assuming he’s not too mature to travel, I’d want to schedule it for the end of August before the summer people leave. He’ll sell more books that way." - P136

"Well . . . Lots of reasons, actually. Your dad is not exactly a catch." - P135

Actual Leon Friedman looks somewhere between old Ernest Hemingway and a department store Santa Claus: big red nose and belly, bushy white beard, twinkly eyes. - P139

Amelia’s mother, who is the size of a grasshopper and has the personality of a praying mantis, says, "Perhaps Mr. Friedman is trying to say that a relationship based on loving a book is not likely to be much of a relationship." - P144

A smartly dressed woman of about Amelia’s age, opens her capacious leather handbag. "I might have one." - P146

Amelia pauses to look at the woman. She has long brown hair, well cut and super straight. Her purse probably costs as much as Amelia’s car. - P150

"A long time ago, a girl wrote a novel, and she tried to sell it, but no one wanted it. It was about an old man who lost his wife, and it didn’t have supernatural beings in it or a high concept to speak of, and so she thought it would be easier if she retitled the book and called it a memoir." - P151

"No, it isn’t. All the things in it are still emotionally true even if they aren’t literally so." - P152

"The book had already flopped. And sometimes you want to know . . . to see for yourself that your work has meant something to someone." - P152

헨리 키터리지는 오랫동안 이웃 마을에서 약사로 일했다...

헨리 키터리지는 오랫동안 이웃 마을에서 약사로 일했다. 눈이 오나 비가 오나, 여름날 약국으로 이어지는 큰길로 들어서기 전 마지막 구간의 가시덤불에서 야생 라즈베리가 송알송알 알이 맺힐 때나, 매일 아침 하루도 빠짐없이 약국으로 차를 몰았다. 은퇴한 지금도 그는 여전히 일찍 일어나 예전에 그런 아침을 얼마나 좋아했던가 떠올렸다. 마치 세상이 혼자만의 비밀인 듯이, 발밑에서 타이어가 부드럽게 구르고 햇살이 이른 아침 안개를 가르고 모습을 드러내는 동안, 오른쪽으로는 만(灣)이, 그다음엔 키 크고 늘씬한 소나무들이 잠시 보였다. 코끝을 간질이던 솔숲 향기와 소금기 짙은 공기, 그리고 겨울이면 찬 공기에서 묻어나는 냄새를 그는 얼마나 좋아했던가. 그래서 그는 언제나 창문을 조금 열고 운전을 하곤 했다.

-알라딘 eBook <올리브 키터리지> (엘리자베스 스트라우트 지음, 권상미 옮김) 중에서 - P4

All these years later, Amelia finds she can still drift off to the memory. - P153

Through the doorway, I can se...

Through the doorway, I can see you both sitting on Amy’s old purple couch. You are reading Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, and she is reading Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. The tabby, Puddleglum, is between you, and I am happier than I can ever remember being. - P130

When Amelia comes to pitch the fall list, she stays for two weeks. She wears seersucker shorts and flip-flops adorned with daisies. - P134

˝Shared sensibility does matt...

"Shared sensibility does matter," A.J. says. - P119

He settles on the Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth. - P120

When she answers the door, her knee is supported by a wheelie cart. Her cast is pink and has been signed as much as the most popular kid in school’s yearbook. She is wearing a navy blue minidress with a red patterned scarf tied jauntily around her neck. She looks like an airline stewardess. - P124

A.J. tries to explain about the topiary garden having been closed. The story sounds incredibly unconvincing—halfway through telling it, he almost decides to drop the tote and run. - P125

Amelia’s house is cluttered but clean. She has a purple velvet couch, a smallish grand piano, a dining-room table that seats twelve, many framed pictures of her friends and family, several houseplants in various states of health, a one-eyed tabby cat named Puddleglum, and of course, books everywhere. Her house smells like what she’s cooking, which turns out to be lasagna and garlic bread. - P125

I broke up with him because talking to you made me remember how important it is to share a sensibility with someone, to share passions. I probably sound silly. - P126

He leans across the table and brushes a blond curl off of her face. - P126

The book leans against the lamp, unmoved since the day they talked over the computer. Even in person, the cover is too faded to be made out. He opens to the title page: A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor. - P128

"Dear Amy," the book is inscribed, "Mom says this is your favorite writer. I hope you won’t mind that I read the title story. I found it a bit dark, but I did enjoy it. A very happy graduation day! I am so proud of you. Love always, Dad." - P128

He writes a note: "Dear Amelia, I honestly don’t think I could bear it if you waited until the Knightley fall list to come back to Alice Island. —A.J.F." - P128

[오늘의 한문장] 매주 달러 받는 배당주 통장

5) Dividend payout ratio: 배당성향
기업의 수입에서 차지하는 배당금의 비율이다. 회사가 순이익으로 주당 1달러를 벌고 주당 0.50달러의 배당금을 지급한다면 배당성향은 50%인데, 일반적으로 배당성향이 낮을수록 배당이 지속 가능하고, 인상을 할 수 있는 여력이 크다. 미국시장의 평균 배당성향은 30~40%으로 자세한 식은 다음과 같다. - <매주 달러 받는 배당주 통장>, 장우석 - 밀리의 서재
https://www.millie.co.kr/v3/bookDetail/cc51b00157c44057 - P55