Good manners are the expressions of benevolence in personal intercourse, by which we endeavor to promote the comfort and enjoyment of others, and to avoid all that gives needless uneasiness.

Woman's great mission is to train immature, weak and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the intellectual, the social and the moral.

The great want of our race is perfect educators to train new-born minds, who are infallible teachers of what is right and true.

The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe.

... the physical and domestic education of daughters should occupy the principal attention of mothers, in childhood: and the stimulation of the intellect should be very much reduced.

... a large portion of those who demand woman suffrage are persons who have not been trained to reason, and are chiefly guided by their generous sensibilities.

... pure and intelligent women can be deceived and misled by the baser sort, their very innocence and experience making them credulous and the helpless tools of the guilty and bold.

Eating highly seasoned food is unhealthful, because it stimulates too much, provokes the appetite too much, and often is indigestible.

... all education must be unsound which does not propose for itself some object; and the highest of all objects must be that of living a life in accordance with God's Will.

To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause these humble labors of the family and school to be still more undervalued and shunned.

When the precepts and example of Jesus Christ fully interpermeate society, to labor with the hands will be regarded not only as a duty but a privilege.

To write you dreams of fantasy, is to create fantasy in another's dreams.

Dont be silly in love it will affect your personality

It is part of the unceasing human endeavor to prove that the spirit of man can transcend the flaws of his own nature.

I find it difficult to fully enjoy musical theatre songs if I don't know the storyline of the show they are from as well as the context.

My ambition is to keep the audience guessing... that is my path to a long career.

There is an important difference between the sorrow for sin that leads to repentance and the sorrow that leads to despair.

Girls are taught to view their bodies as unending projects to work on, whereas boys from a young age, are taught to view their bodies as tools to master their environment

I don't teach narrative theory by itself anymore, but I kind of use it when critiquing student manuscripts. So, it works its way in there, whether I like it or not.

Then I dive into my tent before I do something stupid like cry.

Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos.