When marriage is what it ought to be, it is indeed the very happiest condition of existence.

I want to do everything in the world that can be done.

[On disagreeing with her husband about his slave-holding:] I cannot give my conscience into the keeping of another human being or submit the actions dictated by my conscience to their will.

What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace?

... it's always determined characters who make the greatest fools.

An actor's life is the shadow of a cloud, the echo of a sound, the memory of a dream, nothing come of nothing. The finest actor does not create, he is but a translator of another man's work.

Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.

I have been taking my daily walk round the island, and visited the sugar mill and the threshing mill again.

Carols of gladness ring from every tree.

They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it.

[On John Brown:] The poor wretch is hanged, but from his grave a root of bitterness will spring, the fruit of which at no distant day may be disunion and civil war.

...we are a narrative, storytelling species. Revealing our own histories, and understanding those of others can really help us appreciate the humanity in all of our fellow individuals.

She was just...hurt. And tired of feeling as if she wasn't good enough to officially mate with. It was no wonder her wolf was going insane.

Are you kidding? I'm supposed to put my books in this filthy tin coffin?

One cannot overestimate the options the West has available with which it can apply pressure on Russia.

It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.

When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.

At times like this, adults need a drink

Money is congealed energy, and releasing it releases life's possibilities.

I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.

It's my party and I'll die if I want to!