Dialect words - those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

That aspects are within us; and who seems Most kingly is the King.

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

The most challenging thing about love is sometimes we love someone who loves someone else.

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

I´ve given you my time. Its all I´ve got to give - its all any man has. And for a pitiful buck and a quarter an hour.

We've had a chance to be seen by viewers who had never seen us before, and we've kept a lot of them.

Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use.

The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.

Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.

Perhaps...the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.

I arise today Through the strength of heaven: Light of sun Brilliance of moon Splendor of fire Speed of lightning Swiftness of wind Depth of sea Stability of earth Firmness of rock.

We collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that preserve their collector.