Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not, ' laughed Mrs. Jo…

You let go of my hand to hold on to my heartDistance grasps us tightnow that we are apart

He was a stylist, not a thinker. He spent time trying to say things in as complicated a way as possible.

When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

When you are lonely, writing can keep you company. It is also a form of self-compensation, a way of making up for things—as opposed to making things up—that did not quite happen.

I love playing my music and I love sharing the music with people. But at the same time, it is pretty taxing.

Is it right for you to be angry?

We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God. So when we are in the mess, remember Jesus made it right. We got to hang on to that by faith.

If you're cool, you don't know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain't.

A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.