Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.

Man to the last is but a froward child; So eager for the future, come what may, And to the present so insensible.

Gentle to others, to himself severe.

To know her was to love her.

When a new book is published, read an old one.

Then never less alone than when alone.

Whenever I lose my mind in God's word, I find my heart.

You had to break, to be unbroken. In the brokenness, I had found, that which was unbroken. That which was perfect, and beautiful, and complete.

I don't know which is worse: that I'm home and so much is different, or that I'm home and so much feels the same.

You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true.

It was genuinely horrible. I stopped using Twitter for a while because I got so much s**t about being anorexic. And Im not.

I talked to the record company about what I had in mind. They said they wanted something lush. I figured the best thing to do was let them hear what I had in mind.

Joy, in Nature's wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found; And 'tis joy that moves the pinion When the wheel of time goes round.

I don't even like money. It just quiets my nerves.

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

When you're connected to the ocean, you really don't think about what's going on with your email or texts or any of that. You're just a lot more liberated.