How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

Understanding is a three edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth.

Poetry is an act of love.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

I don't yearn to be a child again.

In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.

Events of resistance have the power not only to escape control but also to create a new world.

The luxury of television is that you get more than one shot at who you think the guy is that you're playing.

My heart is a garden tired with autumn.

Being surrounded by artistic and musical beauty soothes the soul, bringing both quiet calm and creative inspiration. . . .